NLE Exam

Question 1

Portae urbis clausae sunt. Cives (igitur) salvi erunt

Answer 1

Therefore

Question 2

Magnam ranam in aquam (salturam) vidi

Answer 2

About to jump

Question 3

Miles fortis pilo gladio(ve)interfectus est

Answer 3

Or

Question 4

(Sequi) illis viros in turban nolumus.

Answer 4

To follow

Question 5

Nautae ad portum reverse sunt (ut temptsatem vitarent)

Answer 5

So this they might avoid the storm

Question 6

Numquam athletam (citorem) vidimus

Answer 6

Faster

Question 7

Carminibus nondum perfectis, poeta (vita excessit)

Answer 7

Died

Question 8

Liberi multas horas (dormiant)

Answer 8

Let the children sleep

Question 9

Consul dixit senatores (convenire) in templo

Answer 9

We’re meeting

Question 10

Clientes plus_postulabant

Answer 10

Pecuniae

Question 11

Fer hunc panem ad servos in agro laborantes! What form is equivalent to Fer?

Answer 11

Porta

Question 12

Silvae in montibus incendio igenti deltae sunt. What word does the adjective igenti describe?

Answer 12

Incendio

Question 13

Filius meus domi manere (mavult)

Answer 13

Prefers

Question 14

Mite ad me epistulas quam saepissime!

Answer 14

As often as possible

Question 15

Heri (quidam amicus) mihi fabulam narravit

Answer 15

A certain friend

Question 16

Via nova per montes (munienda est)

Answer 16

Must be built

Question 17

Prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, London last hosted the Games in 1948, which is__in Roman numerals.

Answer 17

MCMXLVIII

Question 18

Gallia is on the map in the area numbered what?

Answer 18

2

Question 19

On what hill would a Roman’s general’s triumphal procession typically end with a sacrifice on the temple of Jupiter?

Answer 19

Capitoline

Question 20

The English words adjunct, conjugation, and junction are derive from the Latin word meaning what?

Answer 20

Join

Question 21

Do you like to swim? (Translate it into Latin)

Answer 21

Placetne tibi natare?

Question 22

What figure from Roman legend was the foster child of the shepherd, Fastulus, and his wife, Acca Laurentia?

Answer 22

Romulus

Question 23

What Roman general exclaimed “Alea iacta est!” before leading his army across the Rubicon River into Italy?

Answer 23

Gaius Iulius Caesar

Question 24

In what battle of the Second Punic war did the greatly outnumbered Hannibal defeat the a Roman army led by the consuls Paullus and Varro?

Answer 24

Cannae

Question 25

The musician Orpheus made a journey to the Underworld to fetch his beloved who?

Answer 25

Eurydice

Question 26

Some themes in literature, such as the story of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, have their origins in Roman mythology, cf. Ovid's story of Pyramus and Thisbe. What does the Latin abbreviation cf. mean?

Answer 26

Compare

Question 27

What is the best translation of ut solebat?

Answer 27

As he was accustomed

Question 28

According to line 2 (Multos...vastabat), we know the plague what?

Answer 28

Had been in Rome for a while

Question 29

What is the best translation of the words (ut reverteretur)?

Answer 29

That he return

Question 30

To whom did Numa turn for health of the Roman people?

Answer 30

Jupiter

Question 31

What did Numa do before the storm?

Answer 31

He completed sacred rites

Question 32

What did fear cause many of the Romans to do?

Answer 32

Run to their huts

Question 33

The King and priests who stayed outside in the storm were what?

Answer 33

Watching the sky

Question 34

We know the great shield what?

Answer 34

Had fallen into a trash dump

Question 35

What was unusual about what was written on the shield?

Answer 35

It unable to be read

Question 36

Why did Numa return to Egeria a few days after the storm?

Answer 36

People were still dying

Question 37

What is the best meaning of sibi faciendam esset?

Answer 37

He had to do

Question 38

Egeria gave Numa spathe order that what?

Answer 38

He build a temple where the shield landed

Question 39

How did Numa save the Roman people from the plague?

Answer 39

He covered up the source of disease

Question 40

Iter (Romam) fecimus

Answer 40

To Rome