10.11.25: Latin (intermediate) multi-choice questions [1]

[1] Omnēs librī dē Vesuviō ā discipulīs lēctī sunt.

(A) were reading; (B) will be read; (C) have been read; (D) had been read

[2] What would be a proper context for the Latin phrase īgnōsce mihi?

(A) thanking someone for a gift; (B) cheering for your team; (C) finding money in your pocket; (D) bumping into someone

[3] Cuius puerī pater est medicus?

(A) to which boy; (B) from whose boy; (C) which boy's; (D) the boys who

[4] Lūdī ā Rōmānīs in amphitheātrō spectātī sunt.

(A) from the Romans; (B) by the Romans; (C) to the Romans; (D) with the Romans

[5] Delphi, the shrine visited by those who wanted to learn the will of the gods, was sacred to

(A) Jupiter; (B) Mars; (C) Neptune; (D) Apollo

[6] After flying with wings of wax over land and sea, I encouraged my son to do the same, and he fell into the sea. Who am I?

(A) Daedalus; (B) Theseus; (C) Perseus; (D) Phaethon

[7] Cuius est hic canis ferōx?

(A) Who; (B) Whom; (C) Whose; (D) By whom

[8] Vīgintī fēminae stābant ad fontem. Postquam septem discessērunt, quot remanēbant?

(A) VII; (B) XXVII; (C) XVII; (D) XIII

[9] He worked on the project all night.

(A) tōta nox; (B) tōtam noctem; (C) tōtius noctis; (D) tōtīs noctibus

[10] The idiom prīmā lūce means

(A) a sunset; (B) all day; (C) at dawn; (D) in the afternoon

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Answers

[1] Omnēs librī dē Vesuviō ā discipulīs lēctī sunt. │ (C) have been read; perfect passive i.e. All the books about Vesuvius have been read by the pupils

[2] What would be a proper context for the Latin phrase īgnōsce mihi? │ (D) bumping into someone; īgnōscō, -ere [3]: forgive (+ dative)

[3] Cuius puerī pater est medicus? │  (C) which boy's; cuius = genitive of quī; literally of which boy i.e. which boy’s?

[4] Lūdī ā Rōmānīs in amphitheātrō spectātī sunt. │  (B) by the Romans; ā / ab + ablative to express the passive agent; the games were watched by the Romans

[5] Delphi, the shrine visited by those who wanted to learn the will of the gods, was sacred to │ (D) Apollo

[6] After flying with wings of wax over land and sea, I encouraged my son to do the same, and he fell into the sea. Who am I? │ (A) Daedalus (his son was Icarus)

[7] Cuius est hic canis ferōx? │ (C) Whose; genitive of quis?; Whose is this fierce dog?

[8] Vīgintī fēminae stābant ad fontem. Postquam septem discessērunt, quot remanēbant? │ (D) XIII; vīgintī (XX) – septem (VII) = tredecim (XIII); Twenty women were standing at the fountain. After seven left, how many remained?

[9] He worked on the project all night. │ (B) tōtam noctem; accusative of duration of time i.e. for how long an action laster

[10] The idiom prīmā lūce means │ (C) at dawn; literally: at first light; prīmā lūce: ablative of time when i.e. the point in time or period in time at which something happens