Stage 10 - Book 1 - 1S

Question 1

What is a rhetor?

Answer 1

A (usually Greek) teacher of the art of persuasion and debate

Question 2

Where did Quintus go to learn debate and persuasion?

Answer 2

Greece

Question 3

What is the nominative pronoun for we?

Answer 3

Nos

Question 4

What is the nominative pronoun for you (pl)?

Answer 4

Vos

Question 5

What is the nominative ending for we?

Answer 5

-mus

Question 6

What is the nominative ending for you (pl)?

Answer 6

-tis

Question 7

What is “we are” in latin?

Answer 7

Nos sumus

Question 8

What is “you are” in latin? (pl.)

Answer 8

Vos estis

Question 9

What is a comparative?

Answer 9

indicates a difference in amount, number, degree, or quality.

fortIOR = bravER

Question 10

What is the ending for a superlative in latin?

Answer 10

-issimus

Question 11

What is the ending for a comparative in latin?

Answer 11

-ior

Question 12

What was the first teacher’s name?

Answer 12

ludi magister

Question 13

What did they teach in the first stage of school?

Answer 13

Read and write Latin and Greek
Simple Arithmetic

Question 14

What was used as writing material?

Answer 14

tabulae and stili
Wax tablet and metal carving pen
Papyrus rolls and quill

Question 15

What was the name of the teacher at second stage?

Answer 15

Grammaticus

Question 16

What was taught at the second stage?

Answer 16

Literature, grammar, history and geography

Question 17

When would you leave the grammaticus?

Answer 17

Age 15 or 16

Question 18

What was taught at the third stage?

Answer 18

literature and the art of public speaking

Question 19

Were science and technical subjects taught in school?

Answer 19

No