Level 2 Latin (90260) 2011

90260 902600 SUPERVISOR’S2 USE ONLY

Level 2 Latin, 2011 90260 Read and comprehend unfamiliar narrative Latin prose

9.30 am�� W��ednesday �1�6�� November 2011 Credits: Four

Check that the National Student Number (NSN) on your admission slip is the same as the number at the top of this page.

You should attempt ALL the questions in this booklet.

Make sure that you have Vocabulary Booklet L2–LATIV.

If you need more room for any answer, use the extra space provided at the back of this booklet.

Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 8 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.

YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.

ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY Achievement Criteria

Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence Demonstrate understanding of Demonstrate detailed Demonstrate a comprehensive a passage of unfamiliar Latin understanding of a passage of understanding of a passage of prose. unfamiliar Latin prose. unfamiliar Latin prose. Overall level of performance

You are advised to spend 45 minutes answering the questions in this booklet.

INSTRUCTIONS

Read the passage below, and answer all the questions in English, except where a response in Latin is specified.

The main parts of the words in bold are given, together with their meaning, in the glossed vocabulary list.

The passage is repeated on pages 4 and 6 so that you will not need to turn back to this page.

The senate makes arrangements to bring the eastern goddess Magna Mater to the Roman port of Ostia. Her safe arrival depends on Scipio and some Roman women.

The Arrival of the New Goddess nuntiatum est Magnam Matrem mox in portum Ostiam adventuram esse. senatoribus igitur deliberandum erat qui vir optimus in tota civitate esset. iudicaverunt P. Scipionem, filium eius, qui in Hispania ceciderat, in civitate optimum esse. itaque Scipio a senatu iussus, cum matronis Ostiam iit ut deam de nave acciperet. postquam navis Ostiam accessit, Scipio, sicut erat iussus, navem conscendit. ab sacerdotibus in nave 5 deam accepit et eam extulit in terram ut matronis Romanis traderet. matronae per manus, succedentes deinde aliae aliis, sperabant se deam tutam per urbem ad templum Palatinum Victoriae laturas esse. ture ante ianuas templi incenso, cives anxii se effundebant, precantes ut dea libenter ingrederetur. isque dies festus fuit. multi dona deae in templo offerebant, et ludi fuerunt nomine Megalesia. 10

Glossed vocabulary Magna Mater, Magnae Matris ( f ) Great Mother / Cybele Ostia, -ae ( f ) Ostia (port at the mouth of the Tiber river) delibero, -are, -avi, -atum to consider P. Scipio, Scipionis (m) Publius Scipio (a man’s name) Hispania, -ae ( f ) Spain matrona, -ae ( f ) woman, matron accedo, -ere, accessi, accessum to approach, come near effero, efferre, extuli, elatum to bring / carry out succedo, -ere, successi, successum to take the place of, receive in turn, pass on Palatinus, -a, -um Palatine / belonging to the Palatine hill tus, turis (n) incense anxius, -a, -um anxious effundo, -ere, effudi, effusum to pour out festus, -a, -um of holiday, festive Megalesia, Megalesium (n pl) Megalesia (festival in honour of the Magna Mater)

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ASSESSOR’S QUESTION ONE USE ONLY Refer to paragraph one (lines 1– 3) to answer this question.

(a) �hat did the senate have to decide?

(b) �hy did the senate have to make this decision? Give details.

(d) Identify, and state in Latin:

(i) A superlative adjective.

(ii) A gerundive of obligation.

(iii) A dative of the agent.

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The text and glossary from page 2 are repeated below. Continue with your answers on page 5.

The senate makes arrangements to bring the eastern goddess Magna Mater to the Roman port of Ostia. Her safe arrival depends on Scipio and some Roman women.

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ASSESSOR’S QUESTION TWO USE ONLY Refer to paragraph two (lines 4 – 6) to answer this question.

(a) Give THREE pieces of information from the first sentence (itaque Scipio … acciperet).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(b) Explain in detail what Scipio did after the ship reached Ostia and why he did this.

(c) Explain, quoting a Latin word, the status of the Roman women involved in the events associated with the arrival of the goddess.

(d) (i) Identify the tense of the verb acciperet (line 4).

(ii) Explain why the verb is subjunctive.

(iii) Identify the subject of the verb.

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The text and glossary from page 2 are repeated below. Continue with your answers on page 7.

The senate makes arrangements to bring the eastern goddess Magna Mater to the Roman port of Ostia. Her safe arrival depends on Scipio and some Roman women.

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ASSESSOR’S QUESTION THREE USE ONLY Refer to paragraph three (lines 7 –10) to answer this question.

(a) Explain how the goddess was to be transported through the city.

(b) �hat and where was the goddess’ final destination?

(d) �hat event commemorated that special day from then on?

Latin 90260, 2011 90260 QUESTION Material fromthefollowing sourcewasadaptedforuseinthisexamination: 18 Livy, NUMBER August 2011). Ab UrbeCondita , XXIX,14,from http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/livy/liv.29.shtml#14 (accessed Write thequestionnumber(s)ifapplicable. Extra spaceifrequired. Acknowledgement Latin 902 60, 2011 8 ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY