Choose the appropriate response to the sentences, based on the grammar and reading at the end of the chapter.


1 What kind of construction is "adiuva me!" ("help me!") ?
direct command
indirect command
an interjection
purpose clause
2 If the main verb in a Latin sentence is in the present tense, what tense of subjunctive would you expect in the ut/ne clause?
pluperfect
imperfect
present
3 What kind of construction is "He asked me to help him" ?
direct command
indirect command
interjection
purpose clause
4 If the main verb is a "true perfect" (translated by "have"), what is the sequence of tense?
primary
secondary
there isn't one
5 How does English render an indirect command?
with an imperative and an exclamation mark!
by indicating that someone else is making the command
with a passive participle
with an infinitive
6 Choose the verb in the pluperfect active subjunctive:
laudavisse
laudarer
laudati essent
laudavissemus
laudaret
7 Choose the verb in the present passive subjunctive:
ducat
ducetur
duceremini
ducaris
ducitur
8 Choose the verb in the imperfect passive subjunctive:
cupere
cupivissem
cuperemur
cupitum esset
cupietur
9 Choose the verb in the pluperfect passive subjunctive:
audivisset
auditi essent
audiverant
auditus erat
audiremur
10 What was the largest unit of the Roman army?
the century
the cohort
the legion
the maniple
11 The senior centurion of the main army unit was known as the
primus pilus
legatus legionis
tribunus militum
optio
tesserarius
12 What was special about the javelins the Romans used in combat?
They had poisonous tips
They were hollow and could be set on fire
They were made from high-impact plastic
They bent or broke on impact
They were about 12 feet long

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