Stages 30-31
Test Review Worksheet
What to study:
I. Derivatives 30-31
II. Vocabulary 30-31
III. Passive Verbs
A. Present & Imperfect Tense (Review: you may see them!)
B. Perfect Tense
C. Pluperfect Tense
D. All Conjugations (1, 2, 3, 3iō, 4)
IV. Ablative Absolute
V. Negative Subjunctive Clauses with nē instead of ut (Indirect Command & Purpose Clauses only)
VI. Culture
A. Stage 30: Roman Engineering
B. Stage 31: The City of Rome & Patronage and Roman Society
I. Derivatives: Match the English derivative with its definition. In the second blank write the Latin word from which the English is derived.
_____ _______________ 1. inexorable a. very old
_____ _______________ 2. ubiquitous b. fearless
_____ _______________ 3. impavid c. to link together
_____ _______________ 4. prestidigitation d. tomb
_____ _______________ 5. antediluvian e. excess
_____ _______________ 6. festoon f. sleight of hand
_____ _______________ 7. concatenate g. unyielding
_____ _______________ 8. sepulcher h. impromptu
_____ _______________ 9. extemporaneous i. omnipresent
_____ _______________ 10. nimiety j. string of flowers or ribbons
II. Translation (or Content Questions): Translate this passage into excellent English. This
passage is for practice only and need NOT be written out.
primā horā clientēs ante domum Hateriī conveniēbant. omnēs, oculīs in ianuam defixīs, patronī favōrem exspetābant. aliī beneficium, aliī sportulam sperābant. puella, servō adstante, in extremā parte multitudinis constitit; ignara morum Rōmānōrum, in animō volvēbat cūr tōt hominēs illā horā ibi stārent.
ianuā subitō apertā, in limine apparuit praecō. corpus eius erat ingēns et obesum, vultus superbus, oculī malignī. clientēs, praecōne visō, clāmāre statim coepērunt.
III. Grammar:
A. Ablative Absolute: Underlined the ablative absolute in each sentence. Identify the participle
as present active or perfect passive. Translate each sentence.
1. clāmōribus fabrōrum in Suburā auditīs, Euphrosynē servō suō monuit nē dēspērāret.
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
2. cliens, patrōnō tabernam ingressō, ē ianuā discessit nē colloquium cum eō habēret.
Trans.
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3.
praecōne discessō, clientēs, nē sportulam āmitterent,
denariōs rapere temptāvērunt.
Trans.
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4.
clientibus tandem silentibus, praecō ē domū vēnit et dīcere
coepit.
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
B. Passive Voice: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb whose principal
parts are listed in parentheses. Translate each sentence.
1. Haterius anxius dīxit, “ego nōndum ā Salviō __________________________.
[nōndum = not yet] have been praised (laudō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus)
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
2. omnēs ad ampitheatrum contendēbant, quod lūdī magnī ā Imperātore ___________________.
(nuntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus) had been announced
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
3. magnus strepitus polyspastī ā omnibus spectātoribus __________________________.
(audiō, audīre, audīvī, auditus) was heard
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
4. Circus
Maximus ab ingentibus turbīs Rōmānōrum
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ut ludōs magnificōs spectārent.
(compleō, complēre, complēvī,
complētus) was being filled
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
5. nōs ad forum in lecticō _______________________ ut ducem notissimum, quī triumpham
celebrābat, vidēremus. had been carried (vehō, vehere, vexī, vectus)
Trans. ______________________________________________________________________
IV. Culture: Answer the following questions.
1. Describe ‘opus caementīcium.’ How was it different from cement?
2. How do we know that Haterius or one of his relations was an actual building contractor?
3. What invention(s) was required for the Flavian Ampitheater to be built?
4. Under which Emperor was the construction of the Colisseum begun? And finished? Who did
most of the work?
5. What event made it possible for Nero to begin construction of the Domus Aurea? What year was this?
6. Domūs are to the Esquiline Hill as ____________ are to the Subura.
7. What three monuments were depicted on the tomb of the Haterii?
8. Translate “urbem latericiam accepi, marmoream reliqui.” Who was supposed to have said this?
9. T or F During Domitian’s time, large scale construction in Rome came to a virtual halt.
10. Identify the Via Sacra and its significance to the city of Rome.
11. Where might one find many “emporia” in Rome?
12. Identify the “Campus Martius.” What happened there during the Republic? During the Empire?
13. What was located on the “īnsula Tiberīna?” What activities took place there?
14. Identify Ostia. How far was it from Rome?
15. List the seven hills of Rome:
16. To which Hill does the Aqua Claudia carry water? What was on this hill?
17. Given your understanding of the patronage system, how were Salvius, Haterius and the
Emperor all connected in the building of the Arch of Titus. Who was whose patron and what
did each do?
18. Describe the role that the “censorēs” played in maintaining the social classes.
19. T or F Some plebs were wealthy.
20. What specific social expectations allowed the eqites to become such wealthy businessmen?
21. What types of items might be included in the “sportulum?”
22. In what ways could someone become a member of the senatorial class?
23. What status symbols were the equites permitted to wear?
24. Why might Augustus have passed a law limiting the number of slaves someone could free in
a year to 100?
25. Describe the types of obligations owed by a cliens to his patōnus over the course of a year.