States Questions—Advanced Flashcards
“Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, then answer in ENGLISH the questions that follow:
Olim, erat familia, quae in casa mirabile dormiebat. Artes magicae multis ex familia erant: suam formam mutare et procul audire et tempestatem regere et animalia colloqui et cetera. Una ex familia nomine Mirabel casam mirabilem frangere vidit. Mirabel sola casam mirabilem servare frustra temptat, sed nemo ei credit. Omnes familiam et casam mirabilem futuras esse salvas confirmant dum de Brunone ne dicant.
The Question: Name any two of the magical powers the family members have as stated in the passage.”
SHAPESHIFTING, LISTENING FROM FAR AWAY, CONTROLLING THE WEATHER, SPEAKING WITH ANIMALS
B1: Why was Mirabel’s attempt to save the house alone in vain?
BECAUSE NOBODY BELIEVED HER
B2: On what condition did everyone affirm that the family and wondrous house would be safe?
THAT THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT BRUNO
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in LATIN the question that follows:
Aurelia, in longissima via habitavit, sed nemo in ultima casa habitavit. Fuit fama ut haec casa umbris feta esset. Nocte plenae lunae, Aurelia amicis persuasit ut secum in hanc casam convenirent. Intra casam fuerunt lugubres gemitus et strepitus dolorosi, sed simulac in casam intraverunt, quievit. Subito e fenestra turbam liberorum currentem e casa viderunt et se captivos casae fiere intellexerunt
Question: Quando Aurelia et sui amici in casam convenirent?
NOCTE PLENAE LUNAE
B1: Answer in English: What rumor existed about the last house on the road?
IT WAS TEEMING WITH/FULL OF GHOSTS
B2: What fate befell Aurelia and her friends?
THEY BECAME CAPTIVES OF THE HOUSE/TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE
“Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question that follows:
Olim erat feles nomine Felix. Quamquam familia Felicem amabat, hic feles sceleratus malevolusque erat. Felix soleas auferebat, cibos comedebat, et vestes divellebat, sed familia nesciebat quis scelera nefaria faceret. Tandem, mater, nomine Tullia, Felicem delentem lectum in flagrante delicto apprehendebat et Felicem domo eiciebat.
Question: Name one nefarious crime that Felix did to the family without getting caught.”
SEE BELOW (B1)
B1: Name the two other nefarious crimes Felix did to the family without getting caught.
STOLE SHOES/ATE FOOD/TORE UP CLOTHES
B2: What final crime did Felix try to commit before being caught by Tullia?
DESTROYING THE COUCH
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Olim erant duō canēs quī, cum dominus domum advēnerat, semper ludere et ludere et ludere cupiēbant. Unī ex hīs canibus brēvēs pedēs et longum corpus erant. Secundō ex canibus flava coma erat. Primus canis cum pīlā ludere, sed secundus faciem dominī lambāre malēbat.
Question: What did the two dogs always want to do?
PLAY (AND PLAY AND PLAY)
B1: Describe both dogs.
ONE HAD SHORT FEET AND A LONG BODY & THE OTHER HAD BLONDE HAIR / FUR
B2: What did the dog with blond hair prefer to do?
LICK ITS MASTER’S FACE
Listen carefully to the following Epigram of Martial, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Hās cum geminā compede dedicat catēnās, Saturne, tibi Zoilus, anulōs priorēs.
Question: Quās rēs Zoilus dedicat?
(HĀS) CATĒNĀS
B1: Cui Zoilus hās catēnās dedicāvit?
SATURNŌ
B2: Answer the following question in English: What do these lines say about Zoilus’ social status?
ONCE A SLAVE / WAS IMPOVERISHED / IS WEALTHY / HAS BECOME WEALTHY
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question that follows:
Rusticus mūs et urbānus mūs erant optimī amīcī. Rusticus apud urbānum vēnit ut sumptuōsam cēnam consumeret. Urbānus rusticō dīxit: “tune vīvere in urbe nunc mavīs?” Subitō magnum clamorem hominum mūrēs audīvērunt. Rusticus tunc caute affirmāvit: “Tuus cibus bonus est, sed pax animī melior est. Valē!”
Question: Why did the country mouse come to the city?
TO EAT (A LAVISH DINNER)
B1: After dinner, what does the city mouse ask his friend?
DOES HE PREFER TO (NOW) LIVE IN THE CITY
B2: Describe the country mouse’s reply to his friend after they hear men making noise.
HE SAYS THE FOOD IS GOOD, BUT PEACE OF MIND IS BETTER
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Erat urbs in Africā, Colonia Hipponis nomine, prope mare iacēns. Hūc omnēs cīvēs īre solēbant ut et piscārentur et natārent. Puerī cotidiē certamina habēbant ut dēcernerent quī inter sē celerrimē ad ulterius lītus natare possent. Natantibus trans mare puerīs, delphinus subitō apparuit et cum puerīs certāre coepit. Eheu!
Question: For what two reasons did the citizens go to “Colonia Hipponis”?
(TO) FISH & SWIM
B1: What did the boys do while there?
SWAM ACROSS THE SHORE / HELD A SWIMMING CONTEST
B2: What happened while the boys were swimming across the sea?
A DOLPHIN APPEARED (AND BEGAN TO COMPETE WITH THEM)
Listen carefully to the following passage, adapted from the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Diu ego, adhūc asinus, servus furum manēbam et multa patiēbar. Celerrimē cognōvī quam difficilis haec vīta esset! Furēs mihi imperābant ut multōs diēs absque cibō ambulārem. Tandem ad antrum advēnimus ubi fabulam mirābilem Cupidinis et Psychēs audīvī. Postquam ex servitūte furum līberātus essem, putābam mē citō formam humanam recepturum esse. Nōn, autem, tam facile erat.
Question: What did the donkey very quickly learn?
HOW DIFFICULT LIFE WAS
B1: What did the thieves order the donkey to do?
WALK FOR MANY DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
B2: What did the donkey think would happen after he had been freed from slavery?
HIS HUMAN FORM WOULD RETURN /
HE WOULD RECAPTURE HIS HUMAN FORM (QUICKLY)
isten to the passage which I will read twice and answer the question in Latin,
Andromache, uxor Hectoris, suo marito ad portas magnas Troiae
occurrit. Ibi, metuque amoreque oppressa, eum ita adlocuta est:
“Quo cedis, mi marite? Extra has portas est Achilles, tua mors!
Oro te, per has lacrimas, per conubia nostra, exue mentem!”
Question: Ubi sunt maritus et uxor?
Answer: AD PORTAS (MAGNAS TROIAE)/TROIAE
B1. Quid Andromache timet?
Answer: (TIMET) NE ACHILLES HECTOREM OCCIDAT.
B2. Quid Andromache imperat?
Answer: IMPERAT HECTORI UT MENTEM EXUAT
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Unā nocte duō Graecī moenia Troiae ascendērunt ut Palladium reciperent. Cum in urbem intrārent, uxor Menelaī eīs succurrit et dīxit “eīs auxilium dabō dum tacitī remaneātis.” Palladiō ablatō, Graecī ad castra sua redīērunt.
Question: Why were the two Greeks climbing the walls of Troy?
THE RETRIVE / TAKE BACK / STEAL THE PALLADIUM
B1: According to the passage, who appeared to the Greeks and offered help?
THE WIFE OF MENELAUS
B2: On what condition did she offer help?
THAT THE GREEKS REMAIN SILENT
Listen carefully to the following funerary inscription, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Zoticus hīc nomen nudum vanumque relīquit,
in cinerēs corpus et in aethera vīta solūta est.
Question: Quod nomen hīc inscriptum est?
ZOTICUS
B1: Qualia nomina Zoticus relīquit?
NUDUM VANUMQUE
B2: Respondē Anglicē: Quid accidit vītae Zoticī?
IT WAS RELEASED / LOOSENED INTO THE AIR / ETHER
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question that follows:
Quattuor superherōēs coniungunt ut deum latrociniī superent. Unus dē superherōibus, quī est quōque deus tonītrūs, malleum fert. Secundus “Ferreus Vir” nominātur. Tertiō est pellis viridis cum īrātus fit. Ultimus hōrum superheroum clipeum tenet et prīnceps Americanōrum est.
Question: Why did the four superheroes join together?
TO DEFEAT THE GOD OF TRICKERY (OR SOME EQUIVALENT OF LATROCINIUM)
B1: Describe the first superhero mentioned in the passage.
GOD OF THUNDER & HE CARRIES A HAMMER
B2: What object does the last of these heroes hold?
A SHIELD
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATINmthe question that follows:
Mīnōtaruō victō, Theseus fīlō viam, quā vēnerat, celeriter repetīvit. Deinde Ariadnēn quae metū tremēns, aspēxit. Theseus cum fīliā Minōis et comitēs ad īnsulam Naxon navigāvērunt.
Post paucōs diēs Ariadnē, autem, relicta est, quam ob rem difficile dictū est.
Question: Quomodō Theseus viam repetīvit?
CELERITER
B1: Quam Thesus aspēxit?
ARIADNĒN
B2: Cur Theseus Ariadnēn relīquit?
DIFFICILE DICTŪ EST
Listen carefully to the following passage from Eutropius’ Breviārium Ab Urbe Conditā, I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Annō urbis septingentēsimō ferē ac nōnō, interfectō Caesare, cīvīlia bella reparāta sunt. Percussōribus enim Caesaris senātus favēbat. Antonius cōnsul, partium Caesaris, cīvilibus bellīs opprimere eōs cōnābātur. Ergo, turbātā rē publicā, multa Antōnius scelera committēns, ā senātū hostis iūdicātus est.
Question: Quō interfectō, cīvilia bella reparāta sunt?
CAESARE
B1: Quibus senātus favēbat?
PERCUSSORIBUS CAESARIS
B2: Respondē Anglicē: Quō annō ab urbe conditā hae rēs accidērunt?
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