mirage

Question 1

boy who carries utensils in a confarreatio (both parents must be alive)

Answer 1

camillus

Question 2

most traditional marriage ritual, practiced by the patricians, 10 witnesses required

Answer 2

confarreatio

Question 3

small covered basket of utensils carried by a Camillus in the confarreatio

Answer 3

cumerus

Question 4

spelt cake offered to Jupiter during confarreatio

Answer 4

Farreum libum

Question 5

matron who brought the bride and groom together during confarreatio

Answer 5

pronuba

Question 6

marriage ritual among plebeians, represented a fictitious sale of bride for 1 coin (5 witnesses)

Answer 6

coemptio

Question 7

common-law marriage practiced among lower classes

Answer 7

usus

Question 8

marriage practiced by slaves

Answer 8

contubernium

Question 9

(a.k.a. tunica regilla) woman’s wedding dress, fastened by the nodus Herculeanus (knot of Hercules)

Answer 9

tunica recta

Question 10

donated by a bride to the Lares of her father’s house the night before her wedding

Answer 10

bulla

Question 11

bright orange bridal veil (flame colored)

Answer 11

flammeum

Question 12

ribbons which held six locks of carefully braided hair divided by a spear

Answer 12

vittae

Question 13

(when/where you are Gaius, I am Gaia) – words spoken at wedding ceremony

Answer 13

Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia

Question 14

an unfavorable month for marriages (as well as first half of June)

Answer 14

May

Question 15

a lawfully made promise of future marriage

Answer 15

Sponsalia

Question 16

unfavorable for marriages because entrance of underworld was open

Answer 16

August 24, October 5, November 8