Latin III.Unit #2 PRACTICE TEST (Ind. Commd.

Purpose, Horatory, RC) ANSWERS

magister tibi persuadēre temptat ut tuum nōmen clarē scrībās:__________________________________

Part I: Give the best answer to the following questions about grammar: XXX points
1. Identify three types of ōrātiō oblīqua in Latin:
indirect statement, indirect command, indirect question____________________________________
2. The form of ōrātiō oblīqua known as indirect statement__________________________requires the use of an
accusative subject and an infinitive verb.
3. TRUE or FALSE: Both purpose and indirect command clauses use the perfect and imperfect tenses of the subjunctive
exclusively. (Not the perfect tense but present)
4. TRUE or FALSE: Negative adverbial purpose clauses are introduced by the word nē.
5. TRUE or FALSE: The main verb of the main clause that precedes a dependent subjunctive clause of any kind can be any mood.
(You see indicative all the time, but here are two other examples. Subjunctive example: “Let’s not be afraid that [subjunctive fear
clause]”; Imperative example: “Order her to [indirect command]”)
6. Quō as a fixed ablative of means introduces the comparative_________________ purpose clause.
7. A positive adverbial________________________ purpose clause is introduced by ut.
8. “Let’s (verb)” in an independent clause is the hortatory/volitive__________________ subjunctive.
9. Identify the specific type of subjunctive here: “You are asking me to read your mind, Chang.”
Indirect question (after a verb of asking, advising, commanding, etc., aka “BOSS” verb)________
10. Complete the sequence of tenses chart below: (xii points, i each)
Sequence of Tenses for Sentences Main Verb of Independent Clause Main Verb of Dependent Clause
Using a Dependent Clause with
Subjunctive Verb
“Non-Past” Tenses: IF action is INCOMPLETE:
1. Present present tense
2. Future
primary Sequence 3. Future Perfect If action is COMPLETE:
perfect tense
“Past” Tenses: IF action is INCOMPLETE:
1. Imperfect imperfect tense
2. Perfect
secondary Sequence 3. Pluperfect If action is COMPLETE:
pluperfect tense
Part II: Translate the underlined into Latin (including introductory words): X points (ii per from)
Partial bank of verbs: currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus; doceō, docēre, docuī, doctum; gustō (1)
1. Mr. Lamont asked him not to run in the hallway. nē curreret__________________________
2. Mr. Chang was hired to teach us Latin. quī docēret__________________________________
3. Mr. Chang is calling in sick “for life” so as not to teach us :) nē doceat___________________
4. Can I persuade you to taste the chicken? ut gustēs / gustētis___________________________
5. May you all work diligently to be the best you can. (ut, possibly quō) sītis________________

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Part III: Reading Comprehension: Give the best answer to the following questions based on the Latin text of
the passage. L points

THE STORY OF REGULUS

Rōmānī antīquī bella longa cum Carthāginiēnsibus gerēbant. Haec gēns

erat audāx et potēns, quam Rōmānī maximē timēbant. Senātus Rōmānus putābat
hostēs ē Siciliā urbem Rōmam ipsam oppugnātūrōs esse. Propter hoc perīculum
Rōmānī cōnsīlium audācissimum cēpērunt. Cōnsulem Rēgulum cum exercitū in
Āfricam mīsērunt ut Carthāginem caperet. 5
Carthāginiēnsēs paucīs proeliīs victī celeriter pācem rogābant. Sed Rōmānī
eōs inīquās condiciōnēs accipere coegērunt. Mox autem rursus pugnāre
cōnstituērunt; nōn sōlum1 Rōmānōs superāvērunt sed etiam Rēegulum cēpērunt.
Ducem captum Rōmam redīre iussērunt ut pax meliōribus condiciōnibus
cōnstituerētur. "Libertātem tibi reddēmus," inquiunt, "sī nostrī captivī ā Rōmānīs 10
remittentur. Sī nōn remittentur, ad nōs quam celerrimē venīre debēs."
Itaque quid fēcit Regulus? Sē haec factūrum esse cōnfirmāvit, et sine morā
ad senātum discessit. Senātōribus, "Captīvōs," inquit, "reddere nōn debētis. Sunt
enim fortēs, ego autem nōn iam validus sum. Vōs sine mē facile eōs superātūrōs
esse existimō. Hostēs autem sine mīlitibus captīs bellum diūtius gerere nōn 15
poterunt."
Brevī tempōre Regulus Carthāginem rediit, et ab Carthāginiēnsibus
crūdellissimē interfectus est.

1 – sōlum (adv.) – only.

N.B. Unless otherwise indicated, give all answer in ENGLISH.

1. What is the case and construction of Carthaginiēnsibus (line 1)?
Ablative of Accompaniment________________________________________________________
2. How many different words modify gēns in line 1? three (haec, audāx, and potēns)_________
3. What Latin word is the antecedent of quam (line 2)? gēns_____________________________
4. What degree is the adverb maximē (line 2)? superlative_______________________________
5. Why is hostēs (line 3) accusative? subject of indirect statement (subject of oppugnātūrōs esse)
6. What is the tense of oppugnātūrōs esse (line 3)? future (active)________________________
7. Give a good idiomatic translation of cēpērunt (NOT “they captured”) as it appears in the sentence Propter…
cēpērunt (lines 3-4):
(The Romans/They) formed (a very bold plan)_________________________________________
8. Based on your understanding of the events of the first paragraph, what prompted the Roman senate into
sending Regulus into Africa to take Carthage?
They perceived a danger, namely that Carthage would launch an invasion of Rome itself from Sicily

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9. What Latin word does victī modify (line 6)? Carthāginiēnsēs__________________________

10. What is the tense and voice of victī (line 6)? perfect (tense) passive (voice)________________
11. Why did the Carthaginians decide to fight again?
(They had been forced to accept) unfair terms of peace___________________________________
12. What two things happened when the Carthaginians fought (line 8)?
Conquered the Romans; captured Regulus____________________________________________
13. Why did the Carthaginians order the general to return to Rome?
“So that a peace with better terms might be established”__________________________________
14. What Latin word, seen in lines 10-11, introduces the protasis of a condition? sī (“if”)________
15. What tense are the verbs reddēmus and remittentur in lines 10-11? future (active)__________
16. Based on your understanding of the second paragraph, describe the bargain the Carthaginians struck with
Regulus: “Regulus, you go free if we get our captives returned to us; if not, you come back”__
_______________________________________________________________________________
17. What case must the pronoun quid be (line 12)? Accusative (direct object of rogāvit)________
18. Translate the clause Sē…confirmāvit (line 12):
“He confirmed that he would do these things”__________________________________________
19. Which of these is the best synonym for the phrase sine morā (line 12)?
a. postrīdiē c. mox
b. celerrimē d. tandem
20. Give at least one grammatical reason why reddere (line 13) is NOT an example of a purpose clause:
Infinitives are not used to express purpose in Latin; complementary infinitive; complements dēbētis
21. Explain the logic of Regulus’ statement to the senate (lines 13-16)?
“I’m just one guy and I’m not strong; you need to prevent Carthage from getting back so many___
soldiers. Better to lose me than to give them back so many of their soldiers.”_________________
22. Of what type of ablative is Brevī tempore (line 17) an example? And, translate brevī tempore:
Time when; translation: “In a brief time” or “within a short time”__________________________
23. What is the case and construction of Carthāginiēnsibus (line 17)?
Ablative of (personal) agent________________________________________________________
24. Although neither Rōmam (line 9) nor Carthāginem (line 17) are preceded by prepositions, both are
examples of what construction?
Accusative place to which (the names of cities don’t need “ad” or “in” to show place to which)__
25. What happened at the end of this story (Brevī…est, lines 17-18)?
Regulus was (very cruelly) executed by the Carthaginians upon his return.___________________

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Part IV: Give the best answer to the following questions: X points
1. Translate sibi in the following sentence: Anna ā parentibus quaesīvit ut sibi magnum praemium darent.
“to her” (reflexive pronoun within indirect command refers to subject of main clause, i.e. Anna)
2. What are the only two tenses of the subjunctive used in the subordinate clause of an indirect command and
purpose clause?
present and imperfect (both indirect command and purpose are considered “incomplete” actions relative to the
time of the main clause)___________________________________________________________
The following statement applies to the next three questions. “Verbs of asking, advising and commanding use particular constructions
for the person asked, advised or commanded.”
3. Using either the 1st or 2nd principal part, list 3 such verbs that take an accusative direct object:_
moneō (monēre), ōrō (ōrāre), rogō (rogāre), hortor (horārī—this one is deponent)__________
4. Using either the 1st or 2nd principal part, list 3 such verbs that use an ablative with a preposition (place from
which):
petō (petere), postulō (postulāre), quaerō (quaerere)__________________________________
5. Using either the 1st or 2nd principal part, list 3 such verbs that use a dative indirect object:
Imperō (imperāre), mandō (mandāre), persuādeō (persuādēre)_________________________

Part V: Translation: LX points

1. mercātōrēs ad nostram urbem vēnērunt ut pecūniam facerent. (8)
The merchants came /have come to our city (in order) to make money / so that they might make money.
2. multās ōrātiōnēs scrīpsit quās aliī dīcerent. (6)
(S)he wrote many speeches which others might say / for others to say.______________________
3. Caesar ab eīs postulāvit ut decem ex prīncipibus ad sē addūcerentur (11)
Caesar demanded (from) them that ten of (from) the chiefs (might) be led to him(self)._________
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. Civēs mīlitēs rogāvērunt nē castra prope urbem pōnerent. (8)
The citizens (have) asked the soldiers that they not pitch camp near the city / not to pitch...etc.___
_______________________________________________________________________________
5. mihi prōpōnis, mea vīta, amōrem nostrum futūrum esse perpetuum. (9)
You propose to me, my life, that our love will be everlasting.______________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
6. dī magnī, id sincērē Lesbia dīcat et ex animō, ut possīmus tōtam vītam agere in hāc fēlīcissimā amīcitiā!
(18)
Great gods, let Lesbia speak this/that sincerely and from the heart, so that we may be able to live_

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(our) an entire lifetime in this most blessed/happy friendship!_____________________________

Part VI: Translate the underlined verb of each sentence into Latin: XX points
N.B. You will use each verb in the bank only once (vide infra).
Alphabetical Latin verb bank (N.B. 4th principal parts are not listed for any verb):
 crēdō, crēdere, credidī  necō (1)
 contendō, contendere, contendī  oppugnō (1)
 edō, edere (or esse), ēdī  placeō, placēre, placuī
 legō, legere, lēgī  sum, esse, fuī
 maneō, manēre, mansī  videō, vidēre, vīdī

1. The soldiers will come to kill the enemies. necent.__________________________________

2. She brought some food so that she would not be hungry. sit__________________________
3. He gave the girl flowers to attempt to please her. placēre (infinitive with “attempt”)________
4. The slave hurried to the shop as quickly as possible to purchase the food. contendit________
5. Let the merchant stay in the ship. maneat__________________________________________
6. Nobody likes him but they can trust him. crēdere (with “can”)_________________________
7. Let them eat cake! edant______________________________________________________
8. He begged me to read his book. legerem__________________________________________
9. He moved to Virginia so that he might see his father more often. vidēret_________________
10. Catiline sent an army of conspirators to attack Rome. oppugnārent____________________

Extra Credit: I point each

1. What was the name of the Spartan mercenary who captured Regulus in 250 BC? And during which specific war did this occur?
Xanthippus

2. Describe how Regulus was killed: rolled downhill in a barrel filled with spikes

3. Identify the Roman poet who wrote vīvāmus, mea Lesbia, atque amēmus! (Gaius Valerius) Catullus

4. Scan the following line of dactylic hexameter (Poem 70.5, written by no. 2): spondee, spondee, spondee, spondee, dactyl, spondee

nunc te cognovi: quare etsi impensius uror

5. What meter is comprised of lines of dactylic hexameter alternating with dactylic pentameter? elegiac couplet

6. Translate the name line in the header of this test into English: “The teacher is trying to persuade you to write your name clearly.”

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