NLE Questions

Question 1

Which sea is farthest to the EAST from Rome?

Answer 1

Black Sea

Question 2

What action of Julius Caesar is often referred to when making an irrevocable decision?

Answer 2

crossing the rubicon

Question 3

Caesar crossed the Rhine River in 55 BC to fight what foe?

Answer 3

Germans

Question 4

Which hero was set adrift on the sea as an infant, grew up to slay a hideous monster, saved a princess chained to a rock, and then turned his enemy to stone?

Answer 4

Perseus

Question 5

Who was known for leading a nearly-successful rebellion of slaves in Italy in 73-71 BC?

Answer 5

Spartacus

Question 6

Delphi, the shrine visited by those who wanted to learn the will of the gods, was sacred to

Answer 6

Apollo

Question 7

Brundisium, an important Roman seaport, was located on the southeastern “heel” of Italy on the _____.

Answer 7

Adriatic

Question 8

Circe, the Sirens, and the Cyclops are characters in the wanderings of ..

Answer 8

Ulyesses

Question 9

What was Paris’ reward for giving Venus the golden apple

Question 10

dependents who relied on patrons for support in exchange for their personal services were known as ..

Answer 10

clientes

Question 11

Quirinal, Viminal, Palatine, and Aventine are the names of

Answer 11

hills in Rome

Question 12

Who was Odysseus’ wife who waited twenty years for his return from the Trojan War?

Answer 12

Penelope

Question 13

Sailing eastward from Athens across the Aegean Sea, which country do you reach?

Answer 13

Turkey

Question 14

“Spectāvistī, mī fīlī, lūdōs?” rogāvit māter. Fīlius respondit, “Lūdōs _____.”

Answer 14

Spectavi

Question 15

The murmillō, rētiārius, and secūtor are different types of

Answer 15

Gladiators

Question 16

Constantinople fell to the Turks in A.D. 1453. How would this number be represented in Roman numerals?

Answer 16

MCDLIII

Question 17

The best gladiator was stronger than the soldier.
(translate than the soldier in latin)

Answer 17

millite

Question 18

Tum Gāius Iūlium in thermās intrātūrum videt.

(translate intraturum)

Answer 18

about to enter

Question 19

Puer, ā sorōre vīsus, fugiēbat.
translate visus

Answer 19

having been seen

Question 20

Cervus in silvam cursūrus magnum clāmōrem subitō audīvit.

(translate cursurus)

Answer 20

about to run

Question 21

Discipulī hōs librōs lēctūrī sunt.

(translate lecturi sunt)

Answer 21

are going to read

Question 22

Mīlitēs viam mūnientēs dīligenter labōrābant.

(translate diligenter)

Answer 22

diligently

Question 23

The English word jovial, the expression “By Jove,” and the original name for Thursday (Diēs Iovis), all refer to what Roman deity?

Answer 23

Jupiter

Question 24

Illī quōs deī amant laetī sunt.

(quos)

Answer 24

whom

Question 25

Rome’s first province was Sicily, won in the First Punic War against

Answer 25

Carthage

Question 26

Apodytērium et peristȳlium et tepidārium erant

Answer 26

In thermis

Question 27

What might a judge say to a defendant who says, “But, sir, I didn’t know!”

Answer 27

Ignorantia legis neminem excusat.

Question 28

The first emperor of Rome who brought about a lengthy period of peace known as the Pax Romana was

Answer 28

Augustus

Question 29

Nāvis longa trāns mare celerrimē ferēbātur.

(translate celerrime)

Answer 29

very quickly

Question 30

Ob Marcī neglegentiam, amīcī vehementius clāmant.

(translate vehementius)

Answer 30

rather violently

Question 31

Demeter roman name

Answer 31

Ceres

Question 32

Where is Carthage located?

Question 33

Most Romans in the city of Rome did not live in vīllīs, but

Answer 33

in insulis

Question 34

With what popular entertainment are albāti, spīna, quadrīga, and circus associated?

Answer 34

chariot racing

Question 35

From which Italian port city did Caesar depart when he sailed to meet Pompey in Greece?

Answer 35

Brundisium