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Latin Final Test
Lesson 1-5 final test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Offspring | descendants |
| weak | feeble |
| fight; argument | quarrel |
| die | perish |
| place of shelter | refuge |
| With contempt | scornfully |
| lowered in rank; disgraced | degraded |
| period of rule | reign |
| beautiful speech | eloquence |
| next to; neighboring | adjacent |
| statues | statuary |
| flourishing | prosperous |
| determined | resolute |
| take goods by force | plunder |
| Self-punishment to show remorse | penance |
| Simple-minded person | Simpleton |
| take vengeance on another | avenge |
| expel from a place, as a punishment | banish |
| Act of disloyalty toward one’s government | treason |
| depressed; sad | melancholy |
| council of old men who helped to rule Rome | senate |
| noble people of Rome | patricians |
| common people of Rome | plebeians |
| the city of seven hills | Rome |
| Roman police officer | lictor |
| male seer or prophet | augur |
| highest political office in the Republic | consul |
| female prophetess | sibyls |
| where public meetings were held | Forum |
| monarchy | Is a state ruled by a single and absolute monarch, such as a king |
| republic | state ruled by an assembly of elected officials |
| what date was the founding of Rome by Romulus (beginning of the Monarchy) | 753 B.C. |
| What was the date of the founding of Republic (End of the Monarchy) | 510 B.C. |
| Who was the first king of Rome? | Romulus |
| mother of Romulus and Remus | Sylvia |
| her suicide after Sextus’ attack began a revolt | Lucretia |
| Raised by a she-wolf | Romulus and Remus |
| led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy | Junius Brutus |
| hill on which Romulus began his city | Palatine Hill |
| open or closed door indicated war or peace | temple of janus |
| large racetrack built by Tarquin | Circus Maximus |
| holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus | sibylline books |