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Section 5: Sample Selected-Response Questions
TX PACT: LOTE Latin: Early Childhood–Grade 12 (712)

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This section presents some sample exam questions for you to review as part of your preparation for the exam. The correct answer is provided for each sample exam question. The sample questions are included to illustrate the formats and types of questions you will see on the exam; however, your performance on the sample questions should not be viewed as a predictor of your performance on the actual exam.

Domain I—Reading Comprehension and Analysis

Read the passage below; then answer the three questions that follow.

' me patris Anchisae, quotiens umentibus umbris
nox operit terras, quotiens astra ignea surgunt,
admonet in somnis et turbida terret imago ;
me puer Ascanius capitisque iniuria cari,
quem regno Hesperiae fraudo et fatalibus arvis. 5
nunc etiam interpres divum Iove missus ab ipso
(testor utrumque caput) celeris mandata per auras
detulit : ipse deum manifesto in lumine vidi
intrantem muros vocemque his auribus hausi.
desine meque tuis incendere teque querelis ; 10
Italiam non sponte sequor. '

(Virgil, Aeneid IV.351–361)

1. Which of the following statements best reflects the main idea of this passage?

  1. Aeneas is unaffected by the images he sees at night.
  2. Aeneas witnessed a council of the gods.
  3. Aeneas is bound by duty to his father, son, and the gods.
  4. Aeneas swears an oath that he will go to Italy.
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Option C is correct.

2. Which of the following best describes the tone of this passage?

  1. nostalgic
  2. uncaring
  3. hopeful
  4. accepting
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Option D is correct.

3. Which of the following ideas is conveyed by the word order in lines 1 and 4?

  1. Familial relationships are strong.
  2. Aeneas values himself above others.
  3. Shadows cover everything.
  4. Anchises and Ascanius are waiting for Aeneas.
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Option A is correct.

Read the passage below; then answer the two questions that follow.

Forte revertebar festis Vestalibus illa,
quae Nova Romano nunc Via iuncta foro est.
huc pede matronam vidi descendere nudo :
obstipui tacitus sustinuique gradum.
sensit anus vicina loci, iussumque sedere
alloquitur, quatiens voce tremente caput :
" hoc, ubi nunc fora sunt, udae tenuere paludes ;
amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis.
Curtius ille lacus, siccas qui sustinet aras,
nunc solida est tellus, sed lacus ante fuit.
qua Velabra solent in Circum ducere pompas,
nil praeter salices cassaque canna fuit ;
saepe suburbanas rediens conviva per undas
cantat et ad nautas ebria verba iacit.
nondum conveniens diversis iste figuris
nomen ab averso ceperat amne deus. "

(Ovid, Fasti VI.395–410)

4. According to this passage, the area that was formerly the Lake of Curtius now serves which of the following purposes?

  1. supporting altars
  2. supplying willows and reeds
  3. housing sailors
  4. providing a place for banquets
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Option A is correct.

5. Which of the following best summarizes the cultural significance of this passage?

  1. It explains the central use of ditches in Roman construction.
  2. It explains radical changes in land use.
  3. It describes the importance of the Circus Maximus.
  4. It describes the role of river travel in Rome.
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Option B is correct.

Read the passage below; then answer the three questions that follow.

Poetae tenero, meo sodali,
velim Caecilio, papyre, dicas
Veronam veniat, Novi relinquens
Comi moenia Lariumque litus.
nam quasdam volo cogitationes 5
amici accipiat sui meique.
quare, si sapiet, viam vorabit,
quamvis candida milies puella
euntem revocet, manusque collo
ambas iniciens roget morari. 10
quae nunc, si mihi vera nuntiantur,
illum deperit impotente amore.
nam quo tempore legit incohatam
Dindymi dominam, ex eo misellae
ignes interiorem edunt medullam. 15
ignosco tibi, Sapphica puella
musa doctior ; est enim venuste
Magna Caecilio incohata Mater.

(Catullus, Carmina XXXV)

6. Which of the following situations best describes the outcome that Catullus is hoping for?

  1. Caecilius will choose a mistress named Dindymus.
  2. Catullus will discuss Caecilius's work with him.
  3. Caecilius will begin working to finish his poem.
  4. Catullus will fall in love with Caecilius's girlfriend.
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Option B is correct.

7. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the imagery in the phrase viam vorabit (line 7)?

  1. Caecilius will travel quickly.
  2. Caecilius will only journey in his mind.
  3. Caecilius will refuse to travel.
  4. Caecilius will likely destroy the road.
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Option A is correct.

8. Which of the following is the best literal translation of the sentence Poetae tenero, meo sodali, velim Caecilio, papyre, dicas Veronam veniat, Novi relinquens Comi moenia Lariumque litus (lines 1–4)?

  1. My poet friend, kindly send a word O papyrus page to Caecilius that he should visit me in Verona before he leaves for Novum Comum's walls and the Larian shore.
  2. Papyrus, tell my dear friend the poet lover to ask Caecilius to abandon Verona at once, and to come over to the walls of Novum Comum and the Larian shore.
  3. My poet friend papyrus, kindly send this page to Caecilius asking him to come visit me in Verona on his way back from Novum Comum's walls and the Larian shore.
  4. Papyrus page, I should like you to urge my close friend, the love-poet Caecilius, to come to Verona, leaving the walls of Novum Comum and the Larian shore.
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Option D is correct.

Domain II—Language Structures and Comparisons

Read the passage below; then answer the two questions that follow.

Iam primum adulescens Catilina multa nefanda stupra fecerat, cum 1
virgine nobili, cum sacerdote Vestae, alia huiusce modi contra ius fasque. 2
Postremo captus amore Aureliae Orestillae, cuius praeter formam nihil 3
umquam bonus laudavit, quod ea nubere illi dubitabat timens privignum 4
adulta aetate, pro certo creditur necato filio vacuam domum scelestis 5
nuptiis fecisse. Quae quidem res mihi in primis videtur causa fuisse 6
facinus maturandi; namque animus inpurus, dis hominibusque infestus, 7
neque vigiliis neque quietibus sedari poterat: ita conscientia mentem 8
excitam vastabat. 9

(Sallust, Catilina XV.2)

9. The word creditur (line 5) introduces which of the following grammatical structures?

  1. indirect statement
  2. purpose clause
  3. ablative absolute
  4. result clause
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Option A is correct.

10. Which of the following best restates the phrase facinus maturandi (line 7)?

  1. facinus maturando
  2. facinoris maturati
  3. facinus maturatum
  4. facinoris maturandi
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Option D is correct.

11. Which of the following sentences correctly combines the two sentences below while preserving their meaning?

Nautae e nave egressi sunt. Nautae cauponam invenire volebant.

  1. Si nautae e nave egressi essent, cauponam invenissent.
  2. Nautae e nave egressi sunt ut cauponam invenire vellent.
  3. Nautae e nave egressi cauponam invenire volebant.
  4. Cum nautae e nave egressi essent, tamen cauponam invenire volebant.
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Option C is correct.

12. The Latin phrase habeas corpus would most likely be used in which of the following fields?

  1. engineering
  2. law
  3. medicine
  4. athletics
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Option B is correct.

Domain III—Cultural Understanding

13. Which of the following rivers formed part of the boundary of the Roman Empire?

  1. Danube
  2. Po
  3. Nile
  4. Tiber
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Option A is correct.

14. Which of the following Roman rulers was the first to expand the Roman Forum?

  1. Trajan
  2. Augustus
  3. Julius Caesar
  4. Mark Antony
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Option C is correct.

15. The Ars Amatoria and Georgics are two examples of which of the following genres of literature?

  1. didactic
  2. epic
  3. pastoral
  4. elegiac
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Option A is correct.

Use the chart below to answer the question that follows.

  • formation of the patrician class
  • upper-class maintenance of death masks
  • worship of the Lares and Penates
  • operation of the patron-client system

16. The developments and practices listed above best illustrate the significance of which of the following social institutions in ancient Roman society?

  1. social services
  2. the family
  3. the law
  4. education
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Option B is correct.