States Questions—Intermediate Flashcards
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in LATIN the question that follows:
Tres discipulae ad insulam plenam animalium et arborum perveniebant. In hac insula, autem, semper pluit. Ut a imbre aeterno tegerentur, Fulvia clamabat “aedificemus casam in illa arbore!” Delia funem capiebat et tres discipulae arborem ascendebant. Cum astra apparebant, casa aedificabatur et tres discipulae sine pluvio dormiebant.
Question: Quorum duorum insula plena erat?
ANIMALIUM ET ARBORUM
B1: Cur consilium Fulviae capiendum erat?
UT A IMBRE AETERNO TEGERENTUR
B2: In uno verbo, quando casa aedificabatur?
NOCTE
“Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question that follows:
Olim, erant tres discipulae quae circum mundum navigare volebant. Prima, nomine Delia, erat dux et nihil verebatur. Secunda, nomine Fulvia, sapientissima omnium discipularum et semper rationem habebat. Tertia, nomine Gaia, non putabat se circum mundum navigare posse, sed, tamen, suas amicas iuvare cupiebat.
Question: What was the name of the student who was the leader and feared nothing?”
DELIA
B1: What two things distinguish the second student from the rest?
WISEST OF ALL THE STUDENTS AND ALWAYS HAD A PLAN
B2: Even though she was hesitant, what did Gaia want to do?
HELP HER FRIENDS
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Duobus fratribus avida soror erat, quae regina Tartari erat et quae omnia ubique regere voluit. Ubi fratres cum sorore primum pugnaverat, ista iunioris fratris telum, quemdam malleum, fregit. In secundō proeliō, iunior frater amissit oculum dextrum. Quamquam duo fratres istam non vincere poterant, scelesta soror, tamen, a terribilissimō monstrō victa est.
Question: According to the passage, what did the sister want to do?
RULE OVER EVERYTHING (EVERYWHERE)
B1: According to the passage, what weapon did the sister break?
(A CERTAIN) HAMMER
B2: According to the passage, how was the wicked sister defeated?
BY A MOST TERRIBLE MONSTER
Listen carefully to the following passage about frogs, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Olim antiqua rana in lacū habitavit. Illa rana magnā voce clamavit et coaxat cotidie et multā nocte. Unō die, iunior rana aperuit in lacū eius et clamavit “Brekekekeks koaks koaks!” Antiqua rana mirata est et dixit, “Non te intellegere possum! Non Graeciam linguam dixi!”
Question: Ubi rana habitavit?
IN LACŪ
B1: Quis aperuit in lacū antiquae ranae?
IUNIOR / ALTERA RANA
B2: Answer in English. What did the older frog say to the younger?
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND YOU! I DON’T SPEAK GREEK!
Listen carefully to the following passage about the sights of Rome, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
In summō Capitoliō, est statua viri alti in equō. Hic vir est Marcus Aurelius, imperator Romae. Huic barbara in facie est et hic, tollens alte dextram manum, in omnes homines qui appropinquant despicit. Equus eius quoque tollit dextum pedem alte similis domini.
Question: What was on the horse?
A MAN/AN EMPEROR/MARCUS AURELIUS
B1: What gesture did the man make?
RAISING HIS RIGHT HAND/LOOKING DOWN
B2: What gesture does the horse make?
HE ALSO RAISES HIS RIGHT FOOT (LIKE HIS MASTER)
Listen carefully to the following passage about Jason and the Argonauts, which I shall read twice, and answer in LATIN the question that follows:
Iason capere aureum vellus in animō habēns, petere auxilium necesse esse sibi cognovit. Ille auxilium petivit a regis filiā, cui potentia magica fuerunt. Filia auxilium dare illi promisit, si Iason eam in matrimonium duxit. Ea credidit Iasonem se in matrimonium ducturam esse; tristissime, autem, ea nescivit Iasonem narrare medacium. Eheu!
Question: Quis auxilium necesse esse cognovit?
IASON
B1: Cur Iason petivit auxilium a filiā?
ILLI MAGICA POTENTIA FUERUNT (or equivalent)
B2: Quid filia de Iasone credidit?
IASONEM SE IN MATRIMONIUM DUCTURAM ESSE
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Unō die clarō, nautae laetī navem in marī solverant. Subito, maximā
tempestate ortā, navis, quae in mediō marī fuit, saxa percussit et fracta est. Aliī nautae optimē natavērunt, sed aliī vix natāre potuērunt. Tunc personae, quōrum supera corpora similia feminīs erant et inferia corpora similia piscibus erant, apparuērunt ut nautās servārent.
Question: What suddenly arose and disrupted the sailors’ journey?
A (VERY GREAT) STORM
B1: Why was the destruction of the ship a problem for some of the sailors?
SOME OF THEM COULD NOT SWIM
B2: Describe, or give an English word that would describe, the appearance of the people who saved the sailors?
MERMAID /
THEY HAD THE UPPER BODY OF WOMEN AND THE LOWER BODY OF FISH
Listen to the passage which I will read twice and answer the question in Latin,
Olim puer Papirius ad ianuam Curiae stabat, audiens dum senatores de magno bello deliberabant. Tandem consul inquit “non satis temporis hodie est. Cras consilium capiemus, sed nihil de consiliis extra Curiam dicamus.” Papirius domum ivit. Ibi, mater inquit “Quid hodie senatores egerunt, mi fili?” Papirius respondit: “dicere tibi non debeo.”
Qua de re senatores deliberabant?
Answer: (DE) BELLO (MAGNO)
B1. Cur non hodie senatores consilium cepit?
Answer: NON ERAT SATIS TEMPORIS
B2. Cur Papirius dixit se dicere non debere?
Answer: QUOD SENATORES NON VOLEBANT DICERE DE CONSILIIS
EXTRA CURIAM
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Carthaginienēs, quōrum pātria in Africā erat, in pāce cum Romanīs quinquaginta et duōs annōs habēbat. Ob orationēs Catonis Maioris, Romanī ad Africam navigāvērunt et Carthaginem dēlēvērunt. Deinde Africa provincia Romana facta est.
Question: For how many years was Carthage at peace with Rome?
FIFTY TWO
B1: What prompted Carthage’s destruction?
THE SPEECHES OF CATO THE ELDER
B2: What happened to Africa?
IT BECAME / WAS MADE A ROMAN PROVINCE
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Olim erat mercator quī Syracūsīs cum duōbus fīliīs vīvēbat. Ambulāns per macellum mercator in turbā unum dē fīliīs āmīsit. Puer amissus ad Graeciam latus est, et postea familia eum numquam vīdit. Haec fābula est miserābilis audītū!
Question: Ubi mercator et fīliī vīvēbant?
SYRACŪSĪS
B1: Per quem locum mercator et fīliī ambulābant?
(PER) MACELLUM
B2: Respondē Anglicē: Cur haec fabula miserābilis audītū est?
BECAUSE THE BOY WAS LOST FOR GOOD / HIS FAMILY NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question that follows:
Quintus, discipulus studiōsus, ad Bibliothecam īvit ut librōs multōs dē mythologiā et historiā legeret. Iuvenis, studēns ad multam noctem, aliōs iuvenēs dīcentēs in bibliothecā audiēbat. Quintus clamāvit īrātē, “nolīte dīcere, quaesō. Studeō ut in certamine vincere possim.”
Question: Why was Quintus so angry?
OTHER YOUTHS / STUDENTS / PEOPLE WERE TALKING IN THE LIBRARY
B1: When was Quintus at the library?
(UNTIL) LATE AT NIGHT
B2: Why did Quintus say he was studying?
TO WIN IN CERTAMEN
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer in LATIN the question that follows:
Olim in casā minimā habitāvit hobbitus nomine “Bilbō.” Hobbitus, quī edere et edere et edere voluit, rogātus est ā magō ut in itinere īret. In itinere, Bilbō anulum aureum invēnit. Hobbitus nescit annulum esse potentem et scelestum.
Question: Quod nomen Hobbitus habēbat?
BILBO
B1: **Quis rogāvit hobbitum ut in itinere īret? **
MAGUS
B2: Quid Bilbō invēnit?
ANULUM (AUREUM)
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Tertius rēx Rōmānōrum fuit Tullus Hostīlius, cuī propter virtūtem rēgnum datum est. Tullus, quī erat rēx notus bellō, multōs hostēs in proeliō vīcit. Bellum gerēns contrā Etruscōs, Tullus dē impietate Mettiī Fufetiī certior factus est. Motus īrā, Tullus imperāvit ut Mettius Fufetius necārētur.
Question: Contrā quōs Tullus bellum gerēbat?
(CONTRĀ) ETRUSCŌS
B1: Cur regnum Tullō Hostiliō datum est?
PROPTER VIRTUTEM
B2: Dē quā Tullus certior factus est?
(DĒ) IMPIETATE (METTIĪ FUFETIĪ)
