Latin I Exam Part I Review
I. Match the Roman deities with a brief description:
Give a brief description of the following Gods and goddesses from p. 83 – 86 of
Book I.
Aphrodite
Apollo
Athena
Bacchus
Ceres
Diana
Hera
Juno
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
Pluto
Neptune
Lares/Penates
Poseidon
Vulcan
Venus
Zeus
pontifex
II. The Trojan War (matching): Be able to tell if the following were warriors or
chiefs on the Greek or Trojan sides or if they were gods who participated in the
war or if they did not participate at all. Put a check in the correct column. Use the
culture sections from chapters 7-12 to get the answers.
Name
Cicero
Paris
Aeneas
Cloelia
Venus
Hera
Achilles
Agamemnon
Priam
Ulixes (Ulysses)
Hecuba
Dido
Hector
Porsena
Patroclus
Greek
Trojan
God
Not in the war
III. True/false There are 11 questions based on the culture readings from
chapters 9 – 12
IV. Put the following events in Roman history in order. There are 6 events you need to
know. See culture sections of chapters 15 & 18.
The Romans finally defeat Carthage and destroy it completely.
Caesar completes his campaigns in Gaul.
The senate refuses to recognize Caesar as dictator for life.
Christ is born during the reign of Emperor Augustus.
Anthony and Cleopatra are defeated by Octavian
Nero fiddles while Rome burns.
The colosseum is built.
Emperor Hadrian builds his famous wall.
V. Match the following rooms of a Roman villa with the English equivalent.
culina (kitchen)
atrium(living room)
cubiculum(bedroom)
tablinum(office)
triclinium(dining room)
VI. True/False General questions
Know culture section about marriage in chapter 2.
Know the culture section about education in chapter 6.
Know the 5 romance languages
Know terms: household gods, paedagogus, toga virilis
VII. Latin expressions and abbreviations used in English. (matching)
Agenda - order of the meeting
Data - facts
i.e - that is to say
e.g. - for example
alter ego - another self
ex post facto - after the fact
anno domini - in the year of Our Lord
ante meridem - before noon
post meridiem - after noon
et cetera - and all the rest
VIII. Etymology: mark the following LATIN DERIVED on NOT LATIN. Use your
knowledge of Latin vocabulary to get the correct answer. Think derivatives hear.
e.g. an audition is a place where you are heard. Audio means to hear in Latin. The word
audition is derived from Latin.
IX. Match the meaning of the Latin root in the following words: Each of the Englsi words
is derived from Latin. You can determine the meaning of the Latin root by knowing the
definition of the Latin or the English word.
e.g. audition comes from the Latin word – hear. We know this either because
audio means hear is from the definition of audition.