Collegiate Questions—Intermediate Flashcards
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in Latin the questions that follow:
“Mihi nōmen est Mercurius. Iuppiter hūc mē vocat. Deus, amāns uxōrem Amphitryōnis, domum eōrum veniet, dum iste cum hostibus pugnat. Ego formam servī gerō et auxiliō veniam. Ita ā patre meō iussus sum. Omnia facillima nōbīs erunt, quod dī sumus.”
The question: Quis abest, pugnāns cum hostibus, dum uxor eius domī manet?
AMPHITRYŌN
B1: Ā quō Mercurius iussus est formam servī gerere?
(Ā) IOVE
B2: Quāle erit Mercuriō et Iovī negōtium, quōniam dī sunt?
FACILLIMUM
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and keep in mind that āmittō means “to lose.” Answer in English the questions that follow:
Post virī suī mortem, etiam novem līberōs Cornēlia āmīsit. Nēminī tamen licēbat apud illam lacrimāre. Nōlēbat fortūnam vituperāre; dīcēbat enim fortūnam Gracchōs sibi dedisse.
The question: In total, how many relatives did Cornelia lose, counting both her husband and children?
TEN
B1: What action did Cornelia prevent her friends from doing?
CRYING
B2: What did Cornelia herself not want to do, and why?
SCOLD FORTUNE; BECAUSE IT HAD GIVEN HER GRACCHI
