Latin 101: Final Exam Review: Answers

 

 

 

Part IV: Multiple Choice:  (If you like, you can refer to this list for what each question tests – though you won’t have this sort of key on the exam, you will have to recognize what is being tested with each question.)

The numbers of these skills as listed below, coordinate with the numbers of multiple choice questions in the sample test that follows. 

  1. choose the right personal endings for a verb
  2. choose the right case for a prepositional phrase
  3. chose the right form for a time expression
  4. choose the right form to show possession (genitive uses)
  5. choose the right form for a verb plus infinitive
  6. choose the right form for a superlative
  7. choose the right form for adjective agreement
  8. choose the right case for a word depending on its role in the sentence.
  9. use the correct forms of is, ea, id and ille, illa, illud
  10. choose the correct form of the relative pronoun

 

 

SAMPLE TEST ANSWERS

NOTE:  This test is much longer than your actual final exam.  This is to give you practice with a variety of different questions.  Your final will be about the same length as the midterm.

 

Part II: Forms

 

Give the forms of stella, -ae  f  1st declension

Case

Singular

Plural

 

nom.

 

stell-a (1st part of dict. form)

 

stell-ae

 

acc.

 

stell-am

 

stell-äs

 

gen.

 

stell-ae (2nd part of dict. form)

 

stell-ärum

 

dat.

 

stell-ae

 

stell-ïs

 

abl.

 

stell-ä

 

stell-ïs

 

Give the forms of navis, navis f (i-stem) 3rd declension, one i-stem variation

Case

Singular

Plural

 

nom.

 

nav-is  (1st part of dict. form)

 

nav-ës

 

acc.

 

nav-em

 

nav-ës

 

gen.

 

nav-is (2nd part of dict. form)

 

nav-ium (the extra –i comes in –ium)

 

dat.

 

nav-i

 

nav-ibus

 

abl.

 

nav-e

 

nav-ibus

 

Give the forms of tempus, temporis  n 3rd declension, neuter forms

Case

Singular

Plural

 

nom.

 

tempus (1st part of dict. form)

 

tempor-a

 

acc.

 

tempus neuter nom. & acc. the same

 

tempor-a

 

gen.

 

tempor-is (2nd part of dict. form)

 

tempor-um

 

dat.

 

tempor-i

 

tempor-ibus

 

abl.

 

tempor-e

 

tempor-ibus

 

Give the forms of possum, posse, can, am able irregular

 

I

 

possum

 

we

 

possumus

 

you s.

 

potes

 

you p.

 

potestis

 

s/he

 

potest

 

they

 

possunt

 

Give the forms of tempto, -are, try  first conj.

 

I

 

tempto

 

we

 

temptamus

 

you s.

 

temptas

 

you p.

 

temptatis

 

s/he

 

temptat

 

they

 

temptant

 

 

Give the forms of volvo, -ere, turn third conj.

 

I

 

volvo

 

we

 

volvimus

 

you s.

 

volvis

 

you p.

 

volvitis

 

s/he

 

volvit

 

they

 

volvunt

 

Give the forms of redeo, redire, go back  irregular, based on eo, ire

 

I

 

redeo

 

we

 

redimus

 

you s.

 

redis

 

you p.

 

reditis

 

s/he

 

redit

 

they

 

redeunt

 

Make the following nouns accusative, keeping the singulars singular and the plurals plural:

nominative

accusative

 

navis

 

navem find the right stem for 3rd decl.

 

maria

 

maria (neuter acc. same as nom.)

 

autumni

 

autumnos (acc. plural of plural form)

 

Make the following nouns genitive keeping the singulars singular and the plurals plural:

nominative

genitive

 

corpus

 

corporis 2nd part of dict. form

 

elementum

 

elementi 2nd part of dict. form

 

materiae

 

materiarum –i is part of the stem

 

Make the following nouns dative, keeping the singulars singular and the plurals plural:

 

nominative

dative

 

astrum

 

astro

 

homines

 

hominibus plural form

 

lux

 

luci use correct stem for 3rd decl.

 

Make the following nouns ablative, keeping the singulars singular and the plurals plural:

 

nominative

ablative

 

sol

 

sole

 

harena

 

harenä

 

sidera

 

sideribus neuter plural not fem. sing.

 

Part III: Gender, number and case: Circle the correct forms; for an adjective, use the gender, number and case of the noun it modifies.

in mediä Italiä est Röma; Röma tamen nön est prope mare.  Ostia, oppidum parvum in lïtore, est portus* Römae.  viätörës* saepe ibi manënt dum navës exspectant.  eö tempore nävës Römänae ad multa loca circum “mare nostrum” nävigant; et mercës et viätörës ferunt.  nävës illörum hominum semper prope lïtus nävigant, quod procellae magnum perïculum nautïs* ferunt.  nävës parvae sunt; itaque per profundïs* nön eunt. 

 

Word

Gender

Number

Case

mediä

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

the –ä with macron is straighforawrd, also note the preposition in.

mare

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

the ending is the third decl. ”wild card” and can be nom. or acc., but after prope it has to be accusative in the prepositional phrase.

oppidum

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

the wnding can be nom. or acc. for a neuter word.  here oppidum is a subject complement for ”Ostia” which is the subject, and there is no preposition or transitive verb which would make it accusative, so nominative is the choice.

tempore

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

a time phrase which is ablative.  also, the –e ending is straightforward.

nävës

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

the –es ending can be nom. or acc.; in this sentence, naves is the subject.

mercës

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

the –es ending can be nom. or acc.; in this sentence, naves is still the subject so merces has to be the direct object.

hominum

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

remember that homo, hominis is a third decl. word, so the –um ending is genitive plural.  the ”illorum” right before it, with the more obvious –orum ending, can help you recognize this.

procellae

m    f    n

s    pl

  nom.      acc.      gen.      dat.      abl.

the –ae ending can be several things, but in this sentence, the storms are the subject.  reading the sentence, which in the test will also be in the reading passage, helps you make the determination.

 

 

Part IV: Mulitple Choice:

1a. We are waiting for the ship.  navem  ____ .  (a) exspecto  (b) exspectant  (c) exspectatis  (d) exscpectamus

(d) The “we” ending is -mus

1b.  You (singular) want friends.  amicos ____ . (a) volo  (b) vult  (c) velle  (d) vis

(d) This verb is irregular, so the forms may not look as familiar.  But the –s ending still indicates you singular.

2a.  They are sitting around the arena.  circum ____  sedent.  (a) harena  (b) harenae  (c) harenam  (d) harenä

(c) The preposition circum goes with the accusative case – so the –am ending is right.

2b. The winds flow through the world.  venti per ____ fluunt.  (a) mundus  (b) mundi  (c) mundum  (d) mundo

(c) The preposition per takes the accusative, so the –um ending is right.

3. At first light, the farmers go to the field.  ____, agricolae ad agrum eunt.  (a) prima lux  (b) primae lucis  (c) primam lucem  (d) primä luce

(d)  The ablative case is used to show time when something happens.

4. The philosopher’s book is long.  liber ____ est longus.  (a) philosophus  (b) philosophum  (c) philosophi  (d) philosopho

(c) To show possession, use the genitive case.

5a. We are trying to hear the story.  fabulam ____ temptamus.  (a) audire  (b) audiunt  (c) audimus  (d) audit

(a) We already have the “we” part in temptamus, so you want the “to” part – the infinitive.

5b. We ought to go back home.  domum redire ____ . (a) debes  (b) debemus  (c) debent  (d) debere

(b) This time, we have the infinitive, so we need the main verb, indicating “we” with the –mus ending.

6a. That is the smallest house.  illa est casa ____ . (a) parvissima  (b) parvissimae  (c) minimissima  (d) minima

(d) This is one of the irregular comparisons.

6b. In the arena, we are watching a very savage criminal.  in harena _____ scelestum spectamus.  (a) saevissimum  (b) saevissum  (c) saevum  (d) maximum saevissimum

(a) regular comparison – stem plus issim- plus ending (here the same as scelest-um).

7a. Big fish swim in the Mediterranean.  in mare nostro natant pisces ____ . (a) magnes  (b) magnos  (c) magni  (d) magnorum

(c) pisces is the subject.  Although it is a third declension word, magnus-a-um is a 1st&2nd decl. adjective, so has those endings.  –i to match the nominative.  This is a tough one.

7b. Great danger awaits.  ____ periculum exspectat.  (a) magnus  (b) magne  (c) magni  (d) magnum

(d) 2nd declension noun plus 1st&2nd adj., so the shorthand “ending agreement” works.

8a. We are watching the storm.  ____ spectamus.  (a) procella  (b) procellae  (c) procellam  (d) procellä

(c) we are the subject, so storm is the direct object – accusative.

8b. We are afraid of the danger of the waves.  timemus periculum ____.  (a) undae  (b) undis  (c) undarum  (d) undas

(c) the “of” meaning requires a genitive, and waves is plural, so –arum.

9a. That man is a good friend.  ____ vir est amicus bonus.  (a) ille  (b) illum  (c) illus  (d) illae

(a) ille is one of the irregular forms – ille, illa, illud – masculine, singular, nom.

9b. We know the husbands of those women.  viros ____ feminarum cognoscimus.  (a) illae  (b) illos  (c) illarum  (d) illas

© the plural forms of ille, illa, illud are regular 1st&2nd adjectives.

10. The storm which is coming quickly worries me.  procella ____ celeriter venit me vexat.  (a) qui  (b) quae  (d) quod

(b) procella, feminine, is the antecedent, so choose the feminine pronoun.