Sample Examination: Wheelock chapters 1-19

note: this is what much of the exam will look like. Obviously I will change the nouns you will be asked to decline and the verbs you will be asked to conjugate and the sentences you will be asked to translate and discuss. Also, I removed certain sections (true/false concept questions, reading passages...).

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NOUN CHART: FILL IN THE BLANKS (1 pt each)

gender nom sing gen sing acc sing acc plural derivative
  aetas        
  annus        
  civis        
  mens        
  amicitia        
  turba        
  puer        
  otium        
  libertas        
  probitas        

Given the following four principal parts, FILL IN THE FORMS (1 pt each)

capio, capere, cepi, captum (to seize) LATIN AND ENGLISH

present tense (active)

imperfect tense (active)

future tense (active)

capio

I seize

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

perfect tense (active)

pluperfect tense (active)

future perfect tense (active)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

perfect tense (passive)

pluperfect tense (passive)

future perfect tense (passive)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FILL IN THE FORMS (1 pt each) LATIN ONLY

all active forms

present

 

 imperfect future perfect

pluperfect

future perfect tense

 recitat

    

 

  

 

 

 agebat  

 

  

  

 

    

 intellexit

  

  

 

   superabit

 

  

  

 

    

 

 

  amaverit

 

    

 

  creaverat

 
capit          
est          

 

perfect passive

pluperfect passive

future perfect passive

parata sunt

 

 

 

moti eramus

 

 

 

liberata eris

lectus sum

 

 

mutatum est

 

 

 

missae erant

 

ventum est

 

 

SECTION V: Decline the following noun/adjectives in singular and plural: (1 pt each) 

hic hostis: this enemy (hostis, hostis, m.)

 

sing

plural

NOM

 

 

GEN

 

 

DAT

 

 

ACC

 

 

ABL

 

 

 

idem carmen: the same song (carmen, carminis, n.)

 

sing

plural

NOM

 

 

GEN

 

 

DAT

 

 

ACC

 

 

ABL

 

 

 

tota culpa: the whole blame (culpa, ae, f.)

 

sing

plural

NOM

 

 

GEN

 

 

DAT

 

 

ACC

 

 

ABL

 

 

 

 

dulce flumen: a sweet river (flumen, fluminis, n.)

 

sing

plural

NOM

 

 

GEN

 

 

DAT

 

 

ACC

 

 

ABL

 

 

SECTION VI: Below are English words derived from Latin verbs. Supply the 4 principal parts of the Latin VERB the English word comes from, and translate the Latin word (1 pt each) 

e.g.: intellectual

intellego, intellegere, intellexi, intellectum

to understand

sentimental

 

 

liberation

 

 

captive

 

 

emotion

 

 

fugitive

 

 

Section VII: Translate the following into English or Latin (20 pts)

  1. misces
  2. videtur
  3. venisti
  4. vicerant
  5. gerebam
  6. they fled
  7. we shall have taught
  8. she had had
  9. they have been neglected
  10. he had been delighted

Section VIII: DO NOT TRANSLATE! But Provide (IN LATIN) an Active Voice sentence which says the same thing as the passive model: (5 points each: 15 pts total)

 ex gratias: "Haec urbs a tyranno delebatur." becomes

                    "Tyrannus delebat hanc urbem."

 

  1. Haec verba dicuntur ab hoc viro.

 

  1. Puer ab amicis conservabitur.

 

  1. Libri huius generis pueris a magistro dabantur.

 Section IX: Translate the following into English (5 points each)

  1. Misero tempore iram deorum omnes fortesque homines timebant.

 

  1. Eum in eodem loco invenerunt.

 

  1. In mare virginem ieci quod iures urbium numquam intellexi.

 

  1. Romani cives copias quibuscum se iunxerant iuvabant.

 

  1. Patria patris mei, quam diligere potes etiamsi (“even if”) eam non vidisti, victa est ab hostibus acribus.

 

Section X: Translate the following into Latin (3 points each: 15 points total)
 

  1. Strong men will always change the lives of women.

 

  1. You had said nothing.

 

  1. The gods will send her to heaven.

 

  1. Love will find you.

 

  1. They come to see you often.