Exam

Part I – paradigms and vocab (1 point each)

Please conjugate the following:

1. Present Indicative Active of sum, esse

 sum

es

est

summis 

estis

sunt

2. Imperfect Indicative Active of sum, esse

 eram

eras

erat

eramus

eratis

erant

3. Future Indicative Active of sum, esse

 ero

eris

erit

erimus

eritis

erunt

4. Present Indicative Active of possum, posse

 possum

potes

potest

possummis

potestis

possunt

5. Imperfect Indicative Active of possum, posse

 poteram

poteras

poterat

poteramus

poteratis

poterant

6. Future Indicative Active of possum, posse

 potero

poteris

poterit

poterimus

poteritis

poterunt

7. Present Indicative Active of laudare (laudo)

 laudo

laudas

loudat

laudamus

laudatis

laudant

8. Imperfect Indicative Active of monere (monebam)

 monebam

monebas

monebat

monebamus

monebatis

monebant

9. Future Indicative Active of agere (agam)

 agam

agas

agat

agamus

agatis

agant

10. Perfect Indicative Active of agere (egi)

 egi

ego

egis

egitis

11. Perfect Indicative Active of audire (audivi)

12. Pluperfect Indicative Active of capere (ceperam)

13. Future Perfect Indicative Active of laudare (laudavero)

Please decline the following:

14. porta, -ae- gate

15. amicus, -i - friend

16. puer, -i - fatherland

17. donum, -i - owe

18. rex, regis - king

19. corpus, corporis - corpse, body

20. civis, civis - citizen

21. urbs, urbis

22. mare, maris

23. magnus, - a, -um (in masc, fem, and neut)- great

24. hic, haec, hoc (in masc, fem, and neut)- to have

25. ille, illa, illud (in masc, fem, and neut) - write

Please write the corresponding English translation for each.

26. adulescens, adulescentis- adolescence, child 

27. pater, patris- parent

28. caput, capitis- capital

29. nemo - name

30. capio, -ere- 

31. dico, -ere

32. fugio, -ere- fugitive

33. studium, -ii- stadium

34. solus, -a, -um- soul

35. duco, -ere- two

36. scribo, -ere- write

37. terra, -ae- land

38. labor, laboris - duty

39. neco, -are- 

40. discipula, -ae- student

41. noster, nostra, nostrum- learn

42. remaneo, remanere- to remain

43. otium, -ii

44. sapientia, -ae- sentence

45. vir, viri- to be

46. hodie- to have

47. antiqua, -ae- ancient

48. pecunia, -ae- fatherland

49. cogito, -are- to think

50. voco, -are- to call

Part II – Translation and Parsing (5 points each)

Please translate each selection and ID/parse every verb you come across. No dictionary. You may use Twitter as a lifeline between yourselves; I shall be watching the feed and if it seems as though you are using it as a crutch, you'll be blocked -- so use it only in moderation.

51. Puella mea me non amat. Vale, puella! Catullus obdurat: poeta puellam non amat, formam puellae non laudat, puellae rosas non dat, et puellam non basiat! Ira mea est magna! Obduro, mea puella – sed sine te non valeo. [ obdurare – to be firm, tough; basiare – to kiss ]

Please my friend love me not. Hello, friend! Firm Catullus : Friend's does not love poetry, praise not friend's poetry, but not Freind's roses, kiss is not friend! Great is my ira! My firm father - call you not sed sine. 

amat- 3rd person, sing, pres, act, indicative of amare meaning to love

obdurat- 3rd person, sing, pres, act, indicative of obduare meaning to be firm

laudat- 3rd person, sing, pres, act, indicative of laudare meaning to praise

basiat- 3rd person, sing, pres act indicative of basiare meaning to kiss

est- 3rd person sing, pres, act, indicative of esse meaning to be

valeo- 1st person, sing, pres, act, indicative of valere meaning to call

52. “Exercitus noster est magnus,” Perscius inquit, “et propter numerum sagittarum nostrarum caelum non videbitis!” Tum Lacedaemonius respondet: “In umbra, igitur, pugnabimus!” Et Leonidas, rex Lacedaemoniorum, exclamat: “Pugnate cum animis, Lacedaemonii; hodie apud umbras fortasse cenabimus!” [ exercitus – army; Persicus, -i – a Persian; inquit – says; sagitta, -ae – arrow; Lacedaemonius, -i – a Spartan; umbra, -ae – shade; pugnare – to fight; rex – king; exclamare – to shout; fortasse – perhaps ]

Great is Exercitus noster, Prescius, The teacher will see a number sagittarum nostarum caelum. Turn Spartan, respond. We shall fight in the shade! Shouted Leonidas, the Spartan king: Spartans love war cum; 

magnus- 2nd person sing pres act indicative of magnare meaning great

inquit- infinitive meaning to say

videbitis- 2nd plural future act indicative of video meaning to see

pugnabimus- 1st plural future act indicative of pugnare meaning to fight

exclamat- 3rd person pres act indicative of exclamare meaning to shout

  

53. Cornelio, viro magnae sapientiae, dabo pulchrum librum novum. Corneli, mi amice, libros meos semper laudabas, et es magister doctus litterarum! Quare habe novum laborem meum: fama libri (et tua fama) erit perpetua. [ doctus, -a, -um – learned, scholarly ]

Cornelio, great sentences, dabo pulchrum book novum. Corneli, i love, praised book meos semper, It is teacher's scholarly letters! Qaure habe novum laborem meum: liberties's fame (is the fame) erit perpetua. 

54. Dum in magna urbe declamas, mi amice, scriptorem Troiani belli in otio relego. [ urbs, urbis – city; declamare – to declaim; relegere – to re-read ]

Declaim in the great urban battle, i love, reading about the Trojan war.   

55. Civitas bellum sine causa bona aut propter iram gerere non debet. Si fortunas et agros vitasque populi nostri sine bello defendere poterimus, tum pacem conservare debebimus; si, autem, non poterimus servare patriam libertatemque nostram sine bello, bellum erit necessarium. Semper debemus demonstrare, tamen, magnum officium in bello, et magnam clementiam post victoriam. [ autem – however; ]

Citizens owe war to causa bona aut discipline to be gerere not. Father land is fortified in farms vitasque people nostri sine war defended. They will owe the conservation of peace; is, however, war not serve the fatherland  liberty and nostram sine war, war is to be necessary. Semper is owed demonstration, tamen, great officials in war, is magnificent clementiam after victory.

  

Part III – Essay (25 points)

Mythology

56. Choose FOUR Greek or Roman gods or goddesses and write a five paragraph academic essay comparing and contrasting those characters including at least two stories about each deity. Be as specific as possible and use your thesis statement to answer the following question: Why is mythology important? Make sure to give your definition of ‘important’.

Be sure to cite all resources in an MLA format bibliography -- only one may be Wikipedia and if you use Wiki, you must cite no less than four other sources.

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