Contest ID 1015 2008 NJCL Latin Literature Test

1. What Roman emperor was a renowned stoic philosopher? A. Claudius B. Antoninus Pius C. Marcus Aurelius D. Maximinus Thrax 2. How many books of De Bello Gallico did Julius Caesar personally write? A. 4 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 3. Which of these poets was NOT most famous for elegy? A. Tibullus B. Catullus C. Propertius D. Horace 4. Which of these authors is NOT famous as an historian? A. Plutarch B. Celsus C. Sallust D. Ammianus Marcellinus 5. Who translated the Odyssey into Latin? A. Livius Andronicus B. Gnaeus Naevius C. Asinius Pollio D. Fabius Pictor 6. Who wrote the Liber Spectaculorum in praise of the construction of the Flavian Amphitheatre? A. B. Juvenal C. Petronius D. Horace 7. Quintilian was famous for what profession, around which much of his work was centered? A. general B. teacher C. architect D. farmer 8. Who wrote The Georgics? A. Sallust B. Vitruvius C. Frontinus D. Vergil 9. Which of the following was NOT one of Ennius three “hearts”? A. Latin B. Etruscan C. Greek D. Oscan 10. What Silver Age author defended himself from charges of witchcraft in Apologia? A. Lucan B. C. Pliny the Younger D. Apuleius

For questions 11-20, several works will be listed. You are asked to select the author from the answer choices. 11. De senectute, De amicitia, Pro Caelio, De re publica A. Livy B. Sallust C. Cicero D. Julius Caesar 12. Epodes, Carmina, Ars Poetica A. Horace B. Propertius C. Lucretius D. Vergil 13. Tristia, Fasti, Ibis, Medicamina Faciei Femineae A. Terrentius Varro B. Tibullus C. Ovid D. Accius 14. Rudens, Mostellaria, Miles Gloriosus, Aulularia A. Terence B. Plautus C. D. Menander 15. Germania, Agricola, Annales A. Suetonius B. Ennius C. Tacitus D. Sallust 16. Confessions, Urbs Dei A. Manilius B. Augustine C. Jerome D. Cassius Dio 17. Andria, Hecyra, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe A. Terence B. Plautus C. Naevius D. Pacuvius 18. Catacthonia, Orpheus, Iliaca, De bello civili A. Ovid B. Apuleius C. Lucan D. Macrobius 19. Onomasticon, Life of Constantine, Ecclesiastical History A. Josephus B. Silius Italicus C. Lactantius D. Eusebius 20. Ad filium, De agricultura, Origines A. Fabius Pictor B. Cato the Elder C. Columella D. Ovid 21. With whose death does Livy’s immense history of Rome end? A. B. Julius Caesar C. Drusus D. Germanicus

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22. What genre did Quintilian consider wholly Roman (tota nostra est)? A. Satire B. Tragedy C. Novel D. Mime 23. In Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, with whom does the author converse? A. Plato B. Jesus Christ C. Augustine D. Philosophy personified 24. What is another name for the Eclogues of Vergil? A. Georgics B. Appendix Vergiliana C. Culex D. Bucholics 25. By what name does Catullus call his beloved in his poetry? A. Lesbia B. Corrina C. Hastia D. Cynthia 26. What was the real name of the correct answer to #25? A. Delia B. Agrippina C. Plania D. Clodia 27. The “Cena Trimalchionis” is an important scene in which work? A. Amores B. Satyricon C. The Golden Ass D. Bellum Jugurthinum 28. Ovid’s “carmen et error” got the cosmopolitan author exiled to what backwater on the Black Sea? A. Byzantium B. Ravenna C. Tomi D. Taprabane 29. What early Roman author had an infamous and unfortunate spat with the Metelli? A. Livius Andronicus B. Naevius C. Ennius D. Plautus 30. Isis assumes an important role in the end of which author’s most famous work? A. Apuleius B. Petronius C. Martial D. Eutropius 31. How many books comprised Ab urbe condita? A. 8 B. 12 C. 135 D. 142 32. Who is famously known as “the Christian Cicero”? A. Eutropius B. Augustine C. Lactantius D. Macrobius 33. What epic poet and author of Silvae died while writing Achilleid? A. Silius Italicus B. Ennius C. Vergil D. Statius 34. Who founded the first public library in Rome? A. Asinius Pollio B. Maecenas C. Marius D. Messala Corvinus 35. Whose translation of the Bible into common Latin came to be known as “The Vulgate”? A. Ambrose B. St. Jerome C. St. Augustine D. Juvenal 36. Which of these authors did NOT write during the Golden Age? A. Vergil B. Lucretius C. Terence D. Horace 37. What slave and secretary of Cicero created a system of shorthand? A. Tiro B. Narcissus C. Syrus D. Laetus 38. What author wrote a scathing satire of Claudius’ death and afterlife entitled Apocolocyntosis? A. Seneca B. Juvenal C. Burrus D. Lucan 39. What Christian poet wrote Psychomachia? A. Laelius B. Oppian C. Themistius D. Prudentius Clemens 40. What is the only name used in the history Origines? A. Hannibal B. Scipio C. Syrus D. Archimedes

For questions 41-50, several characters or personages important to a work are listed. You are asked to select the title from the answer choices. 41. Encolpius, Ascyltus, Giton A. Metamorphoses B. Satyricon C. De republica D. Menaechmi 42. Pleusices, Philocomasium, Pyrgopolyneices A. Mostellaria B. Vidularia C. Bacchides D. Miles Gloriosus 43. Amata, Juturna, Pallas, Camilla A. Ab Urbe Condita B. Annales C. Bellum Catilinae D. Aeneid 44. Daphne, Baucis, Galatea, Thisbe A. Metamorphoses B. Heroides C. Amores D. Noctes Atticae

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45. Peleus, Thetis, Cornelius Nepos, passer deliciae (this one is author, not title) A. Propertius B. Tibullus C. Catullus D. Ovid 46. Titus Labienus, Vercingetorix, Ambiorix A. Bellum Jugurthinum B. De Bello Gallico C. De Bello Civili D. Bellum Poenicum 47. Aeschinus, Ctesipho, Micio A. Adelphoe B. Hecyra C. Panegyricus D. Andria 48. Romulus, Tarquinius Superbus, Camillus, Hannibal, Augustus A. Annales B. De Viris Illustribus C. Ab Urbe Condita D. Historiae 49. Cupid, Psyche, Lucius A. Metamorphoses B. Heroides C. Amores D. Noctes Atticae 50. Celaeno, Evander, Marcus Marcellus A. Bellum Jugurthinum B. Argonautica C. Thebaid D. Aeneid 51. What is the oldest Latin meter? A. iambic pentameter B. dactylic hexameter C. Saturnian D. hendecasyllabics 52. Who was the first Roman historian? A. Livius Andronicus B. Fabius Pictor C. Cato the Elder D. Sallust 53. In what language did he write? A. Latin B. Etruscan C. Greek D. all of the above 54. What is the name for a miniature epic? A. epyllion B. elegy C. anacoluthon D. epaulette 55. How many Satires did Juvenal write? A. 8 B. 12 C. 16 D. 20 56. Whose Attic Nights contains the story of Androcles and the Lion? A. Ovid B. Ennius C. Plutarch D. Aulus Gellius 57. What pagan author unsuccessfully attempted to have the Altar of Victory replaced in the senate house with his work Relatio? A. Symmachus B. Eutropius C. Macrobius D. Julian 58. Whom did Cicero call “my light”? A. Atticus B. Hortalus C. Ennius D. Laelius 59. What emperor was anonymously criticized in the work Agricola? A. Titus B. Domitian C. Nerva D. Trajan 60. Where was Pliny the Younger stationed when he sent his “letter on the Christians” to the emperor Trajan? A. Dacia B. Hispania C. Armenia D. Bithynia 61. Marcus Gavius Apicius is best known for his writing on what subject? A. military strategy B. rhetoric C. architectural design D. food preparation 62. In which book of the Aeneid does Dido (eventually) die? A. II B. IV C. VI D. VIII 63. In what kind of “fabulae” did Plautus specialize? A. palliatae B. praetextae C. togatae D. comediae 64. Which of Cicero’s works cost him his head (and hand)? A. In Verrem B. Pro Archia C. Philippics D. De Senectute 65. In what small town near Mantua was Vergil born? A. Arpinum B. Andes C. Neapolis D. Cremona 66. What rhetorician, a tutor and friend of Marcus Aurelius, survives mostly through his letters with the aforementioned emperor? A. Verus B. Frontinus C. Varro D. Fronto 67. What author wrote of his experience at the battle of Philippi? A. Vergil B. Ovid C. Horace D. Catullus

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68. Both Seneca the Younger and Petronius were compelled to commit suicide due to supposed connections with a conspiracy against Nero. Who led this conspiracy? A. Afranius Burrus B. Domitius Corbulo C. Calpurnius Piso D. Sulpicius Galba 69. Which of these authors was NOT sponsored by Maecenas? A. Ovid B. Varius C. Propertius D. Horace 70. Who wrote the longest epic poem in Latin? A. Vergil B. Ennius C. Valerius Flaccus D. Silius Italicus 71. What historian witnessed the fall of Carthage and subsequently wrote a forty-book history covering from 264-146 BC? A. Polybius B. Fabius Pictor C. Cato the Censor D. Lucilius 72. What first-century author wrote a history of Alexander the Great in ten books? A. Apuleius B. Tacitus C. Valerius Flaccus D. Curtius Rufus 73. How many books comprise the Georgics? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 74. What school of philosophy did Plotinus follow? A. Stoicism B. Epicureanism C. Neoplatonism D. Sophism 75. Martial is most famous for writing in what genre? A. epigram B. monograph C. elegy D. epic 76. Which famous dramatist came to Rome as a slave? A. Plautus B. Terence C. Seneca the Elder D. Pacuvius 77. Who wrote a treatise on rhetoric known as Suasoriae? A. Cato the Elder B. Cato the Younger C. Seneca the Elder D. Seneca the Younger 78. The Res Gestae covers the reign of which emperor? A. Augustus B. C. Claudius D. Nero 79. What Silver Age author wrote a series of showy declamations entitled Florida? A. Pliny the Younger B. Martial C. Tacitus D. Apuleius 80. Which of these authors is NOT well-known for his letters? A. Cicero B. Suetonius C. Symmachus D. Pliny the Younger 81. Whose thirty-seven book Naturalis Historia covers a dizzying array of topics and was published after his untimely death? A. Terentius Varro B. Lucretius C. D. Galen 82. This first-century author is famous for his De Aquis Urbis Romae, but he also wrote about land-surveying and military strategy: A. Frontinus B. Aulus Gellius C. Callimachus D. Vitruvius 83. On whose work did Horace model his Sermones? A. Callimachus B. Juvenal C. Pacuvius D. Lucilius 84. Galen is most famous for his work on what subject? A. medicine B. physics C. psychology D. agriculture 85. Catalepton, Dirae, Ciris, and Moretum all belong to a collection of short works attributed to what author? A. Horace B. Ovid C. Vergil D. Cicero 86. What Pompeian officer, called “the most learned of Romans” by Quintilian, wrote extensively, including De lingua Latina? A. Titus Labienus B. Terentius Varro C. Sextus Pompey D. Cato the Younger 87. What general, a republican turncoat who took part in the battle of Actium and eventually proposed the title “Pater Patriae” for Augustus, was also a great orator and literary patron of Ovid? A. Asinius Pollio B. Maecenas C. Lepidus the Elder D. Messalla Corvinus 88. To whom did Tibullus NOT devote his love poetry? A. Nemesis B. Corinna C. Marathus D. Delia

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89. The Somnium Scipionis was originally a part of a work by Cicero, but has survived to us only through the work of what other Roman author? A. Macrobius B. Apuleius C. Seneca the Younger D. Boethius 90. What Latin author introduced the name “Mediterranean Sea”? A. Varro B. Celsus C. Julius Solinus D. Ammianus Marcellinus 91. To whom was De rerum natura dedicated? A. Catullus B. Cornelius Nepos C. Gaius Memmius D. Pacuvius 92. Which of the following is an example of Menippean satire? A. Satyricon B. The Golden Ass C. Pharsalia D. Amores 93. What is a palimpsest? A. knob of a scroll C. an inkpot B. a washed and reused manuscript D. a treasury for ancient parchments and scrolls

Questions 94-98 will provide a scene or event from the Aeneid. You are asked to choose in which book it occurred. 94. The fall of Troy A. I B. II C. III D. XII 95. Anchises’ death A. I B. III C. V D. VII 96. Death of Camilla A. VIII B. IX C. X D. XI 97. The meeting with Helenus and Andromache A. II B. III C. IV D. V 98. The adventures and deaths of Nisus and Euryalus A. IX B. X C. XI D. XII

The last two questions, in the interest of waking up your brains after 98 normal questions, will test both your extensive knowledge of Latin literature as well as your basic math skills. Good Luck!

99. Vergil math! Take the number of books in the Aeneid, subtract the number of feet in a line of dactylic hexameter, add the year in which Vergil was born (no, B.C. is not negative), and divide by the number of books in Georgics. The answer is: A. 13 B. 15 C. 17 D. 19 100. Take the number of extant books of Livy’s history, subtract the number of books in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and divide by the number of emperors spanned in Tacitus’ Annales. The answer is: A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8

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