States Questions—Novice Flashcards
Listen to the following Latin passage, which I will read twice, and answer the following question in English
Olim in Hispania erat vir caecus qui audire carmina amabat et cui nomen Gaius erat. Mane hic vir ad forum ambulavit et multos poetas salutavit sed tristiter eum de foro expulerunt. Tristis Gaius ad Marci villam cucurrit et cum eo tria carmina cantavit. Iam quod carmina cantavit Gaius felix erat et ad forum revēnit. In foro ante poetas cantavit et quod vox Gaii pulchra dulcisque erat poetae lacrimaverunt
The question: What type of man was Gaius?
A BLIND MAN/A MAN WHO LOVED TO LISTEN TO SONGS
B1: At what time of day did Gaius walk to the forum?
AT MORNING
B2: What did Gaius do which cheered him up?
HE SANG THREE SONGS (WITH MARCUS)
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in English the question that follows.
Olim, erat porcus, nomine Aulus, qui semper volare cupiebat. Uno die, Aulus avem videbat et dicebat “semper te in caelo specto. Quomodo volare possum?” Avis respondebat “tu non volare potes quod non alas habes et porcus es”. Aulus, tamen, non erat tristis sed clamabat “mox trans totam terram volabo!
Question: Whom did Aulus see and consult for advice about how to fly?
A BIRD
B1: According to the bird, for what two reasons can Aulus not fly?
HE DOES NOT HAVE WINGS AND HE IS A PIG
B2: Instead of getting sad, what did Aulus shout after talking to the bird?
SOON I WILL FLY ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in LATIN the question about it:
In Hispaniā erant barbarae gentēs quī contrā Rōmānōs pugnābant. Multōs annōs legiōnēs Rōmānae hās gentēs superāre temptābant, sed nōn poterant. Tandem, Scipio Aemiliānus urbem Numantiam vīcit et Hispania ā Rōmānīs recta est.
Question: Ubi erant barbarae gentēs quī contrā Rōmānōs pugnābant?
(IN) HISPANIĀ
B1: Quamdiū legiōnēs Rōmanae hās gentēs superāre temptābant?
MULTŌS ANNŌS
B2: Quam urbem Scipio Aemiliānus vīcit?
NUMANTIAM
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question about it:
Ulixēs, herōs Graecus, vīgintī annōs ad īnsulam Ithicam redīre temptābat. Hic rex multās difficultātēs in itinere vīdit et tulit. In īnsulā Siciliā Cyclops, nomine Polyphēmus, sex amīcōs Ulixis dēvorāvit.
Question: To what island was the hero Ulysses trying to return?
ITHACA
B1: What did Ulysses see and bear?
MANY DIFFICULTIES
B2: What misfortune did Ulysses endure on Sicily?
A CYCLOPS ATE (SIX OF) HIS MEN
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in LATIN the question about it:
In urbe Romā erant multa pulchra et antīqua aedificia monumentaque. In Forō Rōmānō, Curia Hostilia et Arcus Septimiī Severī et Basilica Iulia et Regia et Rostra stetērunt. Circus Maximus, autem, in Forō Rōmānō nōn locābātur, sed inter Palātiō et Capitoliō ponēbātur.
Question: Ubi multa pulchra et antīqua aedificia?
(IN) URBE (ROMĀ) / (IN) FORŌ (RŌMĀNŌ)
B1: Qualia aedificia et monumenta erant?
MULTA / PULCHRA / ANTĪQUA (any 2/3)
B2: Quod praeclarum monumentum in Forō Rōmānō nōn locābātur?
CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
Olim erat puer nomine Publius quī munera gladiātoria amābat et in arēnā pugnāre cupiēbat. Semper hic puer circum casam ambulābat et gladiōs et hastās et cetera tēla tenēbat. Saepe Publius clāmābat: “Sum maximus gladiator omnium!”
Question: What did the young boy want to do?
FIGHT IN THE ARENA / BE A GLADIATOR
B1: Name one of the objects that the boy always carried around his house?
SWORD / SPEAR / WEAPONS
B2: What did Publius often shout?
I AM THE GREATEST GLADIATOR OF ALL
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Aurelia, cui urbs placēbat, erat in Aegyptō cum familiā suā ingentī et equō suō. Trēdecim ludōs magnōs Iovis in amphitheatrō Alexandriae spectābat. Tandem, equus īrātus domum recurrere coepit. Eheu!
Question: Quōcum Aurelia in Aegyptō habitābat?
(CUM) FAMILIĀ / EQUŌ
B1: Quid equus Aureliae facere coepit?
RECURRERE (DOMUM)
B2: Respondē aut Anglicē aut Latīnē: Cuius ludōs Aurelia in amphitheatrō spectābat?
IOVIS / JUPPITER’S
Listen carfully to the passage which I will read twice and answer the question in LATIN
Apud antiquos, fabula de Theseo celeberrima erat. Ubi Theseus infans erat, pater Aegeus ad urbem Athenarum revocatus est, nam Athenienses Aegeum regem creaverat. Aegeus ire sine uxore et infante constituit, sed duo iussa Aethrae dedit. “Custodi filium nostrum,” inquit Aegeus, “et ubi meum gladium portare potest, ad me meum gladium portare debet.”
Question: Quae fabula erat celeberrima apud antiquos?
Answer: (FABULA) DE THESEO
B1. Cur Aegeus Athenas revenit?
Answer: (QUOD) REX CREATUS EST (OR EQUIVALENT)
B2. Dic mihi unum iussum quod Aegeus uxori dedit.
Answer: CUSTODI NOSTRUM FILIUM OR IUBE THESEUM AD ME MEUM GLADIUM PORTARE
Listen carefully to the passage that I will read twice and answer in Latin the question from the information in the passage.
Tarquinius Superbus multōs annōs inter Romanos regebat. In regiam antiquissima femina, nomine Sibylla, venit. “O rēx,” dixit femina, “ habeo novem librōs qui multa oracula habent. Quid mihi pro librōs dabis?” “Nihil,” respondit Tarquinius, itaque fēmina trēs librōs in ignem iecit.
Question: Quid Sibylla in regiam portabat?
Answer: (NOVEM) LIBROS (PORTABAT)
B1. Qualis femina erat Sibylla?
Answer: ANTIQUISSIMA (FEMINA EST)
B2. Quid Sibyllae Tarquinius dedit?
Answer: NIHIL (DEDIT).
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in ENGLISH the question about it:
Olim erant duō amīcī quī in ātriō pugnābant. Sextus amīcum Lucium saxō vulnerāvit. Deinde Sextus rīsit et dīxit, “Tū, Lucī, similis puellae pugnās.” Lucius lacrimāvit et clamāvit, “nōn iam, Sexte, meus amīcus es!”
Question: Where did the fight between the two friends take place?
IN THE ATRIUM
B1: After he hit him with a rock, how did Sextus insult Lucius?
HE LAUGHED AT HIM AND SAID HE FIGHTS LIKE A GIRL
B2: Name two of Lucius’ reactions to Sextus’ attack.
LUCIUS CRIED & SHOUTED THAT SEXTUS IS NO LONGER HIS FRIEND
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in LATIN the question about it:
Mānius erat Paedagogus quī cum līberīs ad ludum cotidiē ambulābat. Librōs et tabellās līberōrum saepe portābat. Manius līberōs quoque numerōs litterāsque docēbat, sed līberī numquam gratiās Maniō agēbant. Unō diē, Manius īrātē dīxit “portāte, līberī, suōs librōs!”
Question: Quibuscum Paedagogus ad ludum cotidiē ambulābat?
(CUM) LĪBERĪS
B1: Quās rēs līberōs Manius docēbat?
NUMERŌS LITTERĀSQUE
B2: Quomodō Manius līberīs dīxit?
ĪRĀTĒ
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer in LATIN the question about it:
Orpheus erat poēta quī uxorem Eurydicēn valdē amābat. Olim, cum per silvam currēbat, uxor Orpheī ā serpente morsa est et mortua est. Orpheus magnō cum dolore lacrimāvit et clamāvit “Ibō ad Plutonem et uxorem reportābō!”
Question: Ā quō Eurydice morsa est?
(Ā) SERPENTE
B1: **Quomodo Orpheus lacrimāvit? **
MAGNŌ CUM DOLORE
B2: **Quō Orpheus ībit? **
AD PLUTONEM
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN ENGLISH the question that follows:
In Graeciā antīquā vir clārus, nomine Hercules, habitāvit. Hercules erat notus fortitūdinī, sed nōn mentī. Propter īram deae Iūnōnis, Hercules uxorem līberōsque necāvit et perficere duodecim labōrēs iussus est.
Question: Where did the famous Hercules live?
(ANCIENT) GREECE
B1: According to the passage, what was Hercules known for?
HIS STRENGTH / COURAGE
B2: According to the passage, why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
(BECAUSE OF) THE ANGER OF THE GODDESS JUNO
Listen carefully to the following passage, which I shall read twice, and answer IN LATIN the question that follows:
Pyrrhus fuit rex Epirī quī in Graeciā habitāvit. Is ad Italiam vēnit et contrā Romanōs in magnīs proeliīs pugnāvit. In proeliīs erant Elephantēs in exercitū Pyrrhī. Quamquam Romanōs in multīs proeliīs superāvit, Pyrrhus, tamen, in bellō ā Romanīs victus est.
Question: Quae animalia in exercitū Pyrrhī erant?
ELEPHANTĒS
B1: Ad quam patriam Pyrrhus vēnit?
(AD) ITALIAM
B2: Ā quibus Pyrrhus victus est?
(Ā) ROMANĪS
