11.07.24: Level 2; NLE 2012 (Latin 1): answers to questions 18 – 26, 28 with notes

The paper shows a range of topics; I picked up a lot of this type of information not only by researching the answer, but also by looking at the alternatives that were given e.g. Q19: A) Pantheon B) Curia C) Basilica D) Circus; only one is right, but the others are important too.

Similarly:

Q.20: types of clothes

Q.23: locations in Italy commonly referred to by the Roman authors

Questions 22 and 24: names of the gods

Roman numerals

Q18: The Roman numeral LIX represents the number: (B) 59

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

Buildings in Rome

Q19: What structure in ancient Rome was used for chariot racing? (D) Circus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Maximus

Clothing

Q20: When a Roman matron left the house, she would cover her head and shoulders with a: (A) palla

https://www.facebook.com/.../permalink/476292551648685/

https://www.facebook.com/.../permalink/476287938315813/

Historical events

Q21: Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae were all destroyed: (D) by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79

https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius...

Geography

Q23: A Roman merchant would have navigated down the Tiber River in order to set sail from the port of: (B) Ostia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostia_(Rome)

Mythology

Q22: His bird was the eagle, his tree was the oak. He punished mortals with his lightning bolt. Who was he? (B) Zeus (the paper uses the Greek name, rather than Jupiter which is the Roman equivalent)

Q24: Quis erat deus bellī et pater Rōmulī Remīque? │ Who was the god of war and the father of Romulus and Remus? (A) Mars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(god)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)

Quotations

Q25: Ad astra per aspera and Labor omnia vincit are Latin sayings that encourage the value of: (C) working hard.

Ad astra per aspera │ To the stars through hardships

Labor omnia vincit │ Work conquers / overcomes all things

Derivatives; Latin in English

Q26: The English words regal, regent, and regime all derive from the Latin verb meaning: (B) rule (La: regō, -ere [3])

Q28: The common Latin abbreviation P.S. stands for: (D) post scrīptum