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1
Which of the following quotes was not written by Virgil?
Fugit irreparabile tempus.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
2
Julius Caesar, exemplified in his
Comentarii De Bello Gallico
, preferred what style of writing?
Puristic
Asiatic
Attic
Ciceronian
3
After whom was the first part of the Golden Age of Latin literature (70-43 B.C.E.) named?
Gaius Julius Caesar
Publius Vergilius Maro
Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Marcus Tullius Cicero
4
Which Roman historian is correctly paired with his work?
Suetonius; De Vita Caesarum
Tacitus; Bellum Catilinae
Sallust; Ab Urbe Condita
Livy; Annales
5
Which Roman author wrote the passionate love poem, "
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
"?
Publius Ovidius Naso
Marcus Valerius Martialis
Gaius Valerius Catullus
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
6
Which figure from Ovid's
Metamorphoses
is correctly paired with his or her transformation?
Europa; bull
Niobe; weeping stone
Pygmalion; marble statue
Leda; swan
7
What is the second part of Horace's oft-quoted "
Carpe diem
"?
[...] quam minimum credula postero.
[...] semel tantum vivitur.
[...] gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus.
[...] noli esse laudator temporis acti.
8
Who claimed to have created an entirely new literary genre of fictional epistolary poems?
Tibullus
Ovid
Pliny the Younger
Propertius
9
Which statement is not true concerning Marcus Aurelius's
Meditations
?
Aurelius wrote Meditations while on military campaigns.
Meditations embraces Stoic philosophy and self-reflection.
Aurelius never intended to publish his personal writings.
Meditations was written in Classical Latin.
10
How is Petronius's satirical novel,
Satyricon
, unique when compared to other Latin works?
It preserves the everyday life and Latin of Rome's people.
It recognizes the role of environment to develop the story.
The mock-epic incorporates a single fictitious narrative.
Satyricon details relationships between male lovers.
11
This fable from Aulus Gellius's
Noctes Atticae
is often included in Aesop's collection:
Androclus and the Lion
The Lion in Love
Momus Criticizes the Creation of the Gods
The Lion and the Mouse
12
Lucan's epic poem
Pharsalia
, whose title refers to a specific battle, details the war between:
Octavian and Marc Antony
The Roman Senate and followers of Catiline
Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great
Marius and Sulla
13
In one of his famous poems, Catullus mourns the death of his lover's pet. What animal is this?
Passer (sparrow)
Columba (dove)
Catellus (lap-dog)
Psittacus (parrot)
14
Which work by the tragic playwright Seneca the Younger was not adapted from a Greek original?
Troades
Oedipus
Thyestes
Medea
15
Quick--which Roman author in his
Epigrammata
does not like Sabidus and is not able to say why?
Martial
Juvenal
Propertius
Catullus
16
The earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety, written by Plautus, are:
tragedies.
epic poems.
comedies.
musicals.
17
Why did Virgil want his epic poem
The Aeneid
to be burned upon his death?
The Aeneid was not as great as Homer's Odyssey or Iliad.
He feared that Augustus would feel it did not glorify Rome.
Virgil wanted his masterpiece to die with the master.
The work was unfinished.
18
Which quote is from Juvenal's
Satires
, reflecting the work's comic yet critical expression?
Nec tecum possum vivere nec sine te.
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
Potius sero quam nunquam.
19
The works of Cato the Elder, Varro, and most importantly Columella discuss practices of Roman:
medicine.
theatre.
courtship.
agriculture.
20
Which statement is not true concerning
De Rerum Natura
, a didactic poem written by Lucretius?
Lucretius rejects the idea of divine intervention.
Lucretius claims that nothing can be produced from nothing.
Lucretius espouses the philosophy of Epicureanism.
Lucretius does not begin his work with a divine invocation.