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Latin Lit Flashcards

1
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Metamorphoses

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Ovid

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Annales

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Q. Ennius

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Monobiblos

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Propertius

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Institutio Oratoria

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Quintilian

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Asinus Aureus

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Apuleius

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Epodes

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Horace

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Noctes Atticae

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Aulus Gellius

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Origines

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Cato the Elder

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Meditations

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Marcus Aurelius

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Apocolocyntosis

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Seneca the Younger

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What author translated the Odyssey into Latin and is considered the “Father of Latin Literature”?

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Livius Andronicus

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What elegiac poet wrote a collection of 117 poems dedicated to Cornelius Nepos?

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Catullus

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What author wrote Book VIII of the De Bello Gallico?

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Hirtius

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What six book didactic work by Lucretius explains Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience?

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De Rerum Natura

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What author wrote the works Bellum Catilinae and Bellum Iugurthinum?

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Sallust

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Which of the following is NOT a work by Ovid?

A. Amores B. Ars Amatoria C. Heroides D. Georgics

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D. Georgics

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17
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What late-Latin author was considered the “Christian Cicero”?

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Cyprian

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The Punica, considered to be the worst poem in Latin literature, was written by what Silver Age author?

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Silius Italicus

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Which of the following was NOT a work by Tacitus?

A. Historiae B. Agricola C. Germania D. Sermones

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D. Sermones

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What author defended himself against witchcraft in his Apologia?

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Apuleius

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21
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What work by Statius contains 32 poems in 5 books including the “Hymn to Sleep”?

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Silvae

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What is the term for the fusion of two Greek plays into one in Latin, a constant critique of Terence?

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Contaminatio

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Which of the following was NOT part of the ‘Triumvirate’ that conspired to rule all of Gaul in Caesar’s De
Bello Gallico?

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Ambiorix

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What Roman author feuded with the Metelli and wrote the praetextae Lupus and Clastidium?

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Gnaeus Naevius

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What elegiac poet wrote “ave atque vale” in a poem about visiting his brother’s tomb in Bithynia?

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Catullus

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What author born around 180 BCE wrote 30 books of Satire?

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Lucilius

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In which of Juvenal’s Satires does he deliver a rant against women?

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6

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28
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What elegiac poet, most of whose lines are lost, was addressed in Vergil’s tenth Eclogue?

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Tibullus

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Which of the following did NOT write fabulae togatae?

A. Afranius B. Pacuvius C. Atta D. Titinius

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B. Pacuvius

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30
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In what speech of Cicero does he defend the status and citizenship of a Greek poet?

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Pro Archia

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What is the oldest extant prose work in Latin?

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De Agricultura

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32
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What author wrote a three-volume universal history of the world?

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Cornelius Nepos

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33
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Who wrote De Architectura?

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Vitruvius

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What author wrote a 10-book work of cooking recipes entitled “De Coquendo” or “De Re Coquinaria”?

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Apicius

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What Silver Age author, who died at age 25, wrote lost works including De Incendio Urbis and the
Catachtonion?

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Lucan

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What Roman author was librarian under Trajan and Hadrian and wrote a De Viris Illustribus?

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Suetonius

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37
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Which of the following plays of Plautus has no speaking roles for women?

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Captivi

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38
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Which of the following places is not mentioned in Vergil’s epitaph?
A. Calabri B. Mantua C. Parthenope D. Verona

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D. Verona

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39
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Which of the following is NOT an example of Menippean Satire?
A. Apocolocyntosis B. Thebaid C. Consolatio Philosophiae D. Satyricon

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B. Thebaid

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40
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What rival does Terence bash in the prologue of his Eunuchus?

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Luscius

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What late Republic author wrote a 2-book grammatical treatise entitled De Analogia?

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Julius Caesar

42
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What author, a Greek brought to Rome, wrote a 40-book history recounting the period between the First
Punic War and the sack of Carthage?

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Polybius

43
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“Carpe diem” and “aurea mediocritas” are both phrases coined by what author?

A

Horace

44
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What, according to Apuleius, was the real name of Propertius’ Cynthia?

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Hostia

45
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What author famously claimed that, “Satura tota nostra est” or “satire is wholly Roman”?

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Quintilian

46
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What poem of Catullus contains the marriage of Peleus and Thetis and Theseus’ abandonment of Ariadne?

A

64

47
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What play of Terence failed to hold the audience in its first two showings of 165 and 160 BCE, until it was
finally presented successfully on its third attempt?

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Hecyra

48
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What author was considered by Cicero to be Rome’s best tragedian?

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Pacuvius

49
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What work in the “Appendix Vergiliana” is the source of the phrase e pluribus unum?

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Moretum

50
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What work of Plautus is based on the mistaken identity of two twins and is the source for Shakespeare’s
Comedy of Errors?

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Menaechmi

51
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Who are the first and last men, respectively, covered by Suetonius in his De Vita Caesarum?

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J. Caesar - Domitian

52
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In which work is the story of Cupid and Psyche recounted?

A

Asinus Aureus

53
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Messala Corvinus was the literary patron to which of the following?

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Ovid

54
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In the corpus of what elegiac poet were the works of Lygdamus and Sulpicia the Younger included?

A

Tibullus

55
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In what Book of Caesar’s De Bello Gallico does Caesar defeat Vercingetorix?

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7

56
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What two books of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita are completely missing Periochae?

A

136 & 137

57
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What first-century AD author wrote the Argonautica, modeled off of Apollonius of Rhodes?

A

Valerius Flacchus

58
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What Latin author wrote De Lingua Latina and Antiquitates Rerum Humanarum et Divinarum?

A

Varro

59
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What late-historian wrote a 31-book work chronicling the emperors from Nerva to Valens?

A

Ammianus Marcellinus

60
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What late Latin author wrote the Saturnalia and a commentary on Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis?

A

Macrobius

61
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In what book of Vergil’s Aeneid does Aeneas meet the Sibyl of Cumae and travel through the Underworld?

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6

62
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Who speaks the following line from Vergil’s Aeneid: “Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae”?

A

Dido

63
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Naturales Quaestiones

A

Lucilius Junior

64
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Naturalis Historia

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Titus

65
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De Rerum Natura

A

Gaius Memmius

66
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Odes

A

Maecenas

67
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What orator, known for his Asiatic style, did Cicero defeat in his case In Verrem?

A

Hortensius Hortalus

68
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What poet was exiled to Tomi by the emperor Augustus for his supposed, “carmen et error”?

A

Ovid

69
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The Widow of Ephesus and Cena Trimalchionis are both sections from what work?

A

Satyricon

70
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What author was consul in A. D. 100 and delivered the Panegyricus Traiani in the same year?

A

Pliny the Younger

71
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What author wrote twelve books of epigrams?

A

Martial

72
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What author wrote six books of satire?

A

Persius

73
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What early Roman author wrote the fabula praetexta Ambracia, tracing the campaigns of his friend Fulvius
Nobilior?

A

Q. Ennius

74
Q

What late Latin author, a follower of Manichaeism before his conversion to Christianity, wrote the 22-book
work De Civitate Dei?

A

Augustine

75
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Decimus Laberius and Publilius Syrus were both writers of what genre?

A

Mime

76
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What work of Vergil based on Hesiod’s Works and Days includes the story of Aristaeus and the bees?

A

Georgics

77
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Who was the teacher of Horace, whom he called ‘plagosus’ because of his floggings?

A

Orbilius

78
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What work, written by Augustus, begins with the words, “Annos undeviginti natus exercitum”?

A

Res Gestae

79
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What author translated the Bible into Latin and wrote a De Viris Illustribus?

A

Jerome

80
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Who wrote the early Christian dialogue Octavius?

A

Minucius Felix

81
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What author, the court poet of Honorius, wrote the epic De Raptu Proserpinae and a Gigantomachia?

A

Claudian

82
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What author wrote the nine-book collection Facta et Dicta Memorabilia?

A

Valerius Maximus

83
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Who author wrote the oratorical works Controversiae and Suasoriae?

A

Seneca the Elder

84
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What author of the early empire was considered the “Roman Aesop”?

A

Phaedrus

85
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What first century historian wrote a ten-book work on Alexander the Great?

A

Curtius Rufus

86
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Which of the following was NOT cited as a main source by Livy in his Ab Urbe Condita?

A

Q. Ennius

87
Q

The history of what Roman historian, who lived during the reign of Tiberius, did Pliny the Elder complete in
his Bellum Germanicum?

A

Aufidius Bassus

88
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What author was the tutor of Marcus Aurelius and often exchanged letters with him?

A

Fronto

89
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The earliest inscription of Latin, reading “Manios me fhefhaked Numasioi,” was found on what artifact?

A

Praeneste Fibula

90
Q

What 4th Century AD historian wrote the Caesares, a brief history chronicling the emperors from Augustus
to Constantius II?

A

Aurelius Victor

91
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What Roman author during the reign of Tiberius wrote a vast encyclopedic treatise of six artes, including
medicine, oratory, and philosophy?

A

Celsus

92
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What teacher taught oratory to both Julius Caesar and Cicero?

A

Molon of Rhodes

93
Q

What Latin playwright, considered the best of all by Volcacius Sedigitus, wrote the Plocium and Synephebi?

A

Caecilius Statius

94
Q

Who, according to Suetonius, was the first professor to lecture on Vergil and other poets, in around 26
BCE?

A

Caecilius Epirota

95
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“Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam”

A

Amores by Ovid

96
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“Quot homines, tot sententiae”

A

Terence

97
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“Iam primum omnium satis constat”

A

Ab Urbe Condita

98
Q

“Rem publicam, Quirītēs, vitamque omnium vestrum…vidētis”

A

3rd Catilinarian

99
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“Phoebe silvārumque potēns Diāna”

A

Carmen Saeculare

100
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“Iuvenile vitium est regere non posse impetum”

A

Seneca the Younger

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