National Latin Exam 2011, Latin III

In the Roman calendar, which day of each month was called the Kalends?

Poēta Rōmā Athēnās iter faciet.

In line 7 (Tandem...advēnērunt), we learn that

Cēnā parātā, coquus laetissimus erit.

A woman wears a tunica rēcta, a hairstyle called sex crīnēs, and a flammeum when preparing for

Imperātor frūmentī petendī causā mīlitēs mīsit.

What sea, located between Greece and Asia Minor, takes its name from a king of Athens?

Discipulī quam dīligentissimē labōrābant.

The public speaker delivered an ad hominem attack on a rival. What does ad hominem mean?

In lines 7-8 (et...aperīrent), why did the soldiers have to break the boulder?

In mythology, what woman cried for her dead children until the gods turned her into a rock?

Cerēs fīliam suam invēnire diū cōnāta erat.

Cicerō epistulam scrīptūrus in tablīnum intrāvit.

Omnia nōbīs eōdem tempore facienda sunt!

Patria cīvibus omnibus cāra est.

Which animal is not a quadruped?

Which emperor, successor to Augustus, retired to the island of Capri and built several villas?

In line 3, we learn that the elephants

Someone who is described as superannuated is

1. Aut māter aut pater līberōs semper iuvābat.

Īcarus putābat sē posse volāre.

In line 8, what did Livy mean by vīs ventī?

According to lines 6-7, the rest of the journey was

Perīculum fit gravius.

In lines 5-6 (Cāsus...coepit), the army

In line 4, the Latin word pervēnērunt is a compound of

Explōrātor per silvam decem mīlia passuum ambulāvit.

According to lines 2-3, Hannibal’s army included

In line 1, the best translation of dūxisse is

Ad bibliothēcam eāmus ut librōs novōs legāmus.

Who suffered a great defeat at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.?

Lucrētia erat uxor maximae fidēlitātis.

In lines 4-5, Hannibal’s soldiers