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2009 TSJCL Certamen Advanced Level, Finals Round 2009 TSJCL 2009 TSJCL Certamen Advanced Level, Finals Round TU 1: About what Silver Age satirist’s work did Lucan remark “That is real poetry, whereas what I have written is utter tripe, child’s play”? PERSIUS B1: Under what stoic philosopher did Persius study? (L). CORNUTUS B2: How many books of satire did Persius write? SIX TU 2: For the verb extrūdō, give the 3rd person singular perfect passive subjunctive. EXTRŪSUS /-A /-UM SIT B1: Change extrūsus sit to the active. EXTRŪSERIT B2: Now, give the 2nd person singular pluperfect active subjunctive for the verb sistō. STITISSET TU 3: What late Christian author, born in 354 A.D. in Algeria, wrote a work in which he asks God for chastity and continence entitled Confessiōnēs? AUGUSTINE B1: What major work of Augustine repudiates paganism and staunchly defends Christianity? DĒ CĪVITĀTE DEĪ B2: How many books comprise the Dē Cīvitāte Deī? 22 TU 4: Who, condemned to death by Caligula but later spared, was exiled to Corsica by Claudius in 41 A.D.? He was recalled eight years later by Agrippina and was a tutor to the future emperor Nero? SENECA THE YOUNGER B1: In what year did Seneca the Younger die? 65 AD B2: What event in Rome precipitated his death? THE PISONIAN CONSPIRACY AGAINST NERO TU 5: Listen carefully to the following passage from Suetonius, which I will read twice, and answer in English the question about it: “Nātus est Augustus Marcō Tulliō Cicerōne Gāio Antoniō cōnsulibus ante diem nōnum Kalendās Octōbrēs, paulō ante sōlis exortum, regiōne Palātī ad Capita Bubula, ub nunc sacrārium habet.” Question: With respect to the time of day, when was Augustus born? JUST BEFORE SUNRISE B1: At the time of Suetonius’ writings, what had been placed at the location at the Ox-Heads in the Palatine quarter where Augustus was born? A SHRINE B2: On what day of the year was Augustus born? September 23rd 2009 TSJCL Advanced Finals, Page 1 2009 TSJCL Certamen Advanced Level, Finals Round TU 6: In Book VIII of Vergil’s Aeneid, what fire breathing monster stole the cattle of Geryon which Hercules was leading home through Italy? CACUS B1: What god was the father of Cacus? VULCAN B2: Where specifically was Cacus’ cave? ROME / THE PALATINE HILL TU 7: What figure from the early Republic, after being accused of aspiring to return Rome to monarchical rule, destroyed his house on the Velia and earned the cognōmen Publicola? (P.) VALERIUS B1: During his consulship in 509 B.C. Valerius Publicola is credited with passing a law which granted to citizens the right of provocatiō. Define this right? THE RIGHT OF APPEAL (AGAINST A MAGISTRATE) B2: Give the Latin term which defined a magistrate’s authority to carry out punishment? COERCITIŌ TU 8: What Roman author and rhetorician practiced law in his native Spain as well as in Rome after he had been summoned there by the emperor Galba? He later wrote Institutio Oratoria. QUINTILIAN B1: Which emperor appointed Quintilian as the first 'state professor'? VESPASIAN B2: Which emperor appointed Quintilian as the tutor of two of his nephews? DOMITIAN TU 9: What derivative of the Latin noun grex is an English adjective that describes a person who enjoys being in the company of others? GREGARIOUS B1: From what Latin noun with what meaning do we derive the nouns “sojourn” and “dismal”? DIES - DAY B2: From what Latin noun with what meaning do we derive “fuel”? FOCUS - HEARTH TU 10: Who was the only member of the Epigoni to die in Thebes as his father Adrastus was the only one of the Seven Against Thebes to survive the earlier war? AEGIALEUS B1: Who killed Aegialeus? LAODAMAS B2: How many of the Epigoni were said to have been inside the Trojan Horse? FOUR 2009 TSJCL Advanced Finals, Page 2 2009 TSJCL Certamen Advanced Level, Finals Round TU 11: Quid Anglicē significat crispus? CURLY-HAIRED, TREMBLING B1: Quid Anglicē significat paterculus? LITTLE FATHER B2: Quid Anglicē significat arbiter? JUDGE TU 12: He was appointed co-Augustus of the Eastern Empire by Gratian in order to replace Valens, who had been killed at Adrianople. Who was this man, the last to serve as emperor before its split into Eastern and Western halves? THEODOSIUS (I / THE GREAT) B1: What brother of Gratian served with Gratian as co-rulers of the Western Empire prior to the reign of Theodosius? VALENTINIAN II B2: What did Theodosius decree on February 27 in the year 380 AD? THAT THE NICENE/CATHOLIC VERSION OF CHRISTIANITY WAS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE BRANCH OF CHRISTIANITY TU 13: What is the English meaning of the abbreviation sc.? OBVIOUSLY / NAMELY (SCĪLICET) B1: If you were to see the abbreviation S C on an ancient Roman monument, what would it mean? DECREE OF THE SENATE (SENĀTŪS CŌNSULTUM /Ō) B2: What is the English meaning of the abbreviation ob.s.p.? DIED WITHOUT ISSUE / OFFSPRING (OBIIT SINE PRŌLE) TU 14: In the Metamorphoses Ovid tells the story of Pomona and Vertumnus and how Vertumnus disguised himself as an old woman in order to get closer to Pomona. In this disguise, Vertumnus told Pomona a story about a young man who pined away out of love for a noble lady named Anaxarete. Who was this young man? IPHIS B1: What did Iphis do when he realized that Anaxarete would not welcome his love? HE HANGED HIMSELF ON THE FRONT DOOR/GATE OF HER HOUSE B2: What did Anaxarete do when she saw Iphis' funeral procession going by her house? SHE TURNED TO STONE TU 15: What independent use of the subjunctive is found in the following sentence: Facile crēdiderim id vērum esse. POTENTIAL B1: . Quid faciāmus? DELIBERATIVE B2: Translate this sentence into English: vellem mē ad cēnam invītāssēs! I WISH YOU HAD INVITED ME TO DINNER 2009 TSJCL Advanced Finals, Page 3 2009 TSJCL Certamen Advanced Level, Finals Round TU 16: What king challenged the Argonauts to put forth their best man in a boxing contest against him? AMYCUS B1: Of what Bithynian tribe was Amycus the king? BEBRYCES B2: Which of the Argonauts defeated and killed Amycus? POLYDEUCES / POLLUX TU 17: What use of the Accusative if found in the phrase servīre servitūtem? COGNATE B1: What use of the infinitive is found in Juno's line from Book One, "mēne inceptō dēsistere victam nec posse Ītaliā Teucrōrum āvertere rēgem"? EXCLAMATORY B2: Identify the use of the Accusative in this sentence: Nitet arbor fulva ramōs. RESPECT / SPECIFICATION / GREEK / SYNECDOCHIAL TU 18: What author was born in Germany around 340 AD, educated in Rome, and then sent at age 30 to Milan to serve as governor of northern Italy? Four years later he was appointed as Bishop of Milan. and has been called the first of the so-called "Great Fathers of the Church"? AMBROSE B1: What contemporary author was born in 347 AD with the name Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus? JEROME B2: In a famous dream of Jerome's while he was in the Holy Land, God asked Jerome who he was, to which Jerome replied that he was a Christian. God then told Jerome that he was not a Christian but instead a follower of what famous Roman from centuries earlier? CICERO TU 19: What Roman priestly college conducted international relationships such as treaties and declarations of war? FETIALES B1: During war with a distant nation, what did the Fetiales physically do to symbolize that war had been declared? THEY THREW A SPEAR (IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ENEMY ON A PIECE OF LAND NEAR THE COLUMNA BELLICA IN ROME) B2: During what war was this first done? THE WAR WITH PHYRRHUS TU 20: Say in Latin, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." CAVĒ(TE) / TIMĒ(TE) GRAECŌS / DANAŌS (ET) DŌNA (MŪNERA) FERENTĒS (PORTANTĒS, GERENTĒS) B1: Dīc mihi Anglicē quantus amor Aeneidos tibi sit. ONE STUDENT SHOULD STATE HOW MUCH (S)HE LOVES THE AENEID B2: Say in Latin, “Would that Vergil had written 13 books!” UTINAM VERGILIUS TREDECIM LIBROS SCRĪPSISSET / COMPOSUISSET 2009 TSJCL Advanced Finals, Page 4 .
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