A297 2008 Exam Paper Answers

Latin 2008 exam answers

Q1.
a) I however fear that great crowd of men.
b) Wicked thieves took your master´s gold
Do you want to go home today son?
d) We are poor but we never ask for money
e) Many of you are young men of no intelligence

Q2. a- nominative, nominative b-accusative, ablative c-gen.plural both d-acc, nom e- dat, gen or nom pl.
F-dat or abl both g- gen, nom. h- acc fem, acc masc.
I dat or abl, both j- nom/acc plural both
Q3.
a) nobis creditis
b) ferte intrate
c)omnia pericula
d)fratres stant
e) dis damus

Q.4
a) ignis
b) scire
c)duc
d)nobis
e) clam
Q.5
a) Although he wants to become rich, he does not wish to deceive his friends.
b) If you dare to beat my daughter, I will threaten you with death
c)You ought not have entered the temple of the god because it is not the custom.
d) At length on the 9th day they reached the ridge of the Alps. Here, they remained two nights because all were exhausted. The Hannibal led the soldiers out of the camp.After many hours he ordered them to halt. `Look´he said `You can see Italy before your eyes´; You are now stepping over the walls not just of Italy but even of the city of Rome; the way will now be easy and after one or two battles you will have the fortress and head of Italy in your hand and power.
Q.6
a) optimum, difficile
b)scelesti
d)simili
Q.7
a) loqui
b)mentiemur
c)illius
d)esse
e)ciuium

Q.8
a) cepimus, capiemus
b) clamuistis, clamabimus
c)potuisti, poteris
d) deluerent, delebunt
e) tetigi, tangam
Q.9
a) adverb
b) imperfect ind. Act.
c)3rd dec noun gen. Sing
e) perfect participle deponent verb
Q.10
a) missurum esse
b)quibus
fuisse
d) maiores
e) adepti

Q.11 tum Poeni, ubi copias Romanorum in Africa uicerunt atque Regulum ipsum ceperunt, eum ad senatum miserunt quod uolebant pacem a Romanis obtinere ac permutationem captiuorum facere.
Regulus igitur, iuratus se aut haec impetraturum esse aut Carthaginem ad mortem rediturum, Romam profectus est. in senatum ingressus, omnia exposuit; totam per diem de re agebant. primo tamen Regulus loqui noluit; nam opinabatur se non iam senatorem Romanum esse sed captiuum Poenorum. tandem autem, ubi alter consul Reguli consilium iterum petiuit, respondit Romanos debere neque pacem facere neque captiuos
Poenis reddere; illos enim iuuenes esse et bonos duces, se iam senem. hoc senatui placuit. diu tacebant omnes; deinde quidam magna uoce, ‘mane,
Regule’, inquit, ‘noli relinquere uxorem et filium et amicos.’ cui Regulus dixit se malle apud hostes mori quam domi manere, consulem periurum. nec lacrimae uxoris filiique nec ciuium clamores eum retinere poterant.
Carthaginem tristi uultu statim rediit; nec ignorabat se ad crudelissimum hostem et mortem miserrimam proficisci.

Then the Carthaginians conquered the Roman troops in Africa and captured Regulus himself, they ordered him to goto the Senate because they wanted to gain peace with Rome and to make an exchange of prisoners. Regulus therefore, swearing that he would gain these things or return to Carthage and die, set out for Rome. Entering in the senate, he explained all; all day, they debated these things.However Regulus was unwilling to speak; for he was of the opinion that he was nolonger a Roman senator but a prisoner of the Carthaginians. However, at length, when his co-consul asked Regulus f or advice again, he replied that the Romans should never make peace or the captive Carthaginians return; for these were young men and good generals, he was now an old man. This pleased the senate.For a long time, all were silent; then a certain person spoke in a loud voice `Stay Regulus¨he said `don´t leave your wife and son and friends´. Regulus replied to him that he would prefer to die among the enemy than remain at home, a consul who had broken his oath.

Neither the tears of his wife and son nor the shouts of the citizens were able to detain him.
He set out for Carthage at once with a sad expression; for he was not ignorant that he was setting out to a cruel enemy and a very wretched death