Name: Form: Master: NCEA Level 1 FORM V LATIN TERM II, HOURS. [A wordlist is provided with this paper.]

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1 Name: Form: Master: NCEA Level 1 FORM V LATIN TERM II, HOURS [A wordlist is provided with this paper.]

2 Section 1: Unseen Translation 40 marks Instructions. Read the following story told at a Roman dinner party about an unlucky inventor. Translate the following passage into natural English, using the space provided. Note that the principal parts of the words in bold are given, together with their meaning, after the passage. UNBREAKABLE GLASS Olim erat faber, Corinthus nomine, qui fecerat phialam vitream quae frangi non poterat. Voluit igitur eam regi dare. Laetus ad regem cucurrit manu donum tenens quod simulabat se ei tradere. Subito tamen phialam in terram conjecit. Rex perterritus est. Cum faber tamen phialam sustulisset, rex intellexit eam collisam esse sicut vas aeneum. Faber cepit martiolum e vestimento et phialam vehementer pulsavit ut integra iterum fieret. Hoc facto, sperabat se magnas divitias a rege accepturum esse. Tum rex eum rogavit num quis alius sciret talem phialam facere. Faber negavit quemquam hoc scire. Rex igitur jussit illum interfici ne phialae vitreae pretiosiores fierent quam aurum. faber, fabri Corinthus, i phiala, ae vitreus, a, um collisus, a, um vas, vasis aeneus, a, um martiolus, i scio, ire, ivi, itum M., craftsman M., Corinthus (a man s name) F., bowl glass, made of glass dented N., dish bronze M., a little hammer to know how (to) 2.

3 Write your translation here. 3.

4 NCEA Latin Level 1 Term II, 2009 Assessment II Standard: (1.4) Version: 3 Title: Describe a major aspect of Roman civilization Resources: Word List Allocated Time: 50 mins Assessment Date: Instructions. (1) For each word or phrase in the grid below, choose ONE definition from the Definition List below the grid on the next page which correctly identifies the word in the sentences below, and write it in the column marked Identification. (2) Then, elaborate on the identification by giving additional information, e.g. what construction it is part of OR why that particular form is required OR why the word has the ending it does OR why it is a certain case, or some other relevant information. Write your elaboration in the column marked Elaboration. Notes. Each correct identification is worth 1 mark. Each correct elaboration is worth 1 mark. To achieve the Standard, you must correctly identify at least FIVE words. (You should attempt all of them, for you will not be penalized for an incorrect answer.) To achieve the Standard with Merit, you must also correctly elaborate on at least FIVE words. (You should attempt all of them, for you will not be penalized for an incorrect answer.) Do NOT translate the sentences. 1. Omni pecunia capta, pauper plus cibi emere non poterat. 2. Imperator quosdam milites praemisit ne in insidias ingrederetur. 3. Utrum quindecim leones an plures in arena captivos ex Africa missos petent? 4. Pastores, profecti prima luce, Romam usque ad solis occasum non pervenerunt. 5. Plerique servi dicuntur crudelissimam et difficillimam vitam saepissime agere. 6. Iube familiam meam in navem conscendere, sed alii in terra exspectent. 7. Puer per fenestram semper discedit quo facilius parentes fallat. 8. Si quid quando custodes conspexerant, dominum sine mora docebant. 9. Fugitivus sperabat se a militibus petentibus ante solis ortum non repertum iri. 10. Utro equo vectus es? Nescio, quod uterque est simillimus alteri! 4.

5 Identification. Elaboration. pecunia ingrederetur petent profecti agere exspectent fallat conspexerant repertum iri alteri Mark: /10 Mark: /10 Standard Achieved: Y / N Standard Achieved with Merit: Y / N Definition List. Nominative Case Accusative Case Genitive Case Dative Case Ablative Case Present Indicative Imperfect Indicative Future Indicative Pluperfect Indicative Future Perfect Indicative Present Subjunctive Imperfect Subjunctive Present Infinitive Perfect Infinitive Future Infinitive Imperative Perfect Indicative 5.

6 Instructions. (1) Translate FIVE of the following sentences from Latin into English or from English into Latin. To achieve the Standard with Excellence you must also translate FIVE sentences correctly, with no more than FOUR errors over those FIVE sentences. If you attempt more than FIVE sentences, your BEST five will be marked. 1. Servus, quamquam negavit se vinum bibisse, tamen a domino gravissime punitus est. 2. Si mira animalia in nostram patriam tempore ullo introducta erunt, maxima injuria fiet. 3. Cives, nolite confidere huic consuli! Dum potentiam habet, nos omnes in periculo sumus! 4. Dum cogitat senex de libro, quem nuper legerat, subito nova res in mentem venit. 5. Amicus meus negat se montem umquam ascensurum esse ne ab aquila oppugnetur. 6.

7 6. Gladiatores inter se pugnaturi erant, cum magnus clamor a multitudine sublatus est. 7. Vix credere possum haec scelera ab illis pueris, quibus heri auxilio essemus, facta esse. 8. After the walls of the city were built, the citizens felt that they were safe. (murus, i M., wall; sentio, ire, sensi, sensum to feel; tutus, a, um safe) 9. While we waited near the river, we were watching the fish swimming in the water. (piscis, piscis M., fish; nato, are, avi, atum to swim) 10. The slave sets out in the morning to the public fountain to get water. (fons, fontis M. fountain; comparo, are, avi, atum to get) Mark: /10 Standard Achieved with Excellence: Y / N Mark: /30 Standard Achieved for 1.4: A / M / E 7.

8 Section 3: Augustus Set Text 30 marks Instructions. Answer ALL questions on BOTH of the following passages and the Roman Constitution. Write your answers in the space provided. PASSAGE ONE And old-time Faith, and Vesta, and Romulus and Remus Shall make the laws. The Gates of War shall be locked up With bonds of Steel, and impious Fury sit inside Atop his arms, a hundred knots binding his hands Behind his back, and growl with gory mouth. Virgil, Aeneid, I What did Octavian s full name become after his adoption by Julius Caesar? (1 mark) 2. Who was Ascanius? What relation was he to the goddess Venus? (1 mark) 3. On which date was Octavian able to close the Gates of War in the Temple of Janus? When was the last time they had been closed? 8. (1 mark) 4. What does the goddess Faith (Fides) symbolize in this passage? (1 mark) 5. Before his adoption as his son, what relation was Octavian to Julius Caesar? (1 mark) 6. Who were Romulus and Remus? (1 mark) 7. In which year, and by whom was Octavian granted the title Augustus? (1 mark) 8. Relate briefly what happens in Virgil s Aeneid. (2 marks) 9. How is Octavian directly connected with Aeneas, the hero of the Aeneid? (1 mark)

9 PASSAGE TWO Annos undeviginti natus exercitum privato consilio et privata impensa comparavi, per quem rem publicam a dominatione factionis oppressam in libertatem vindicavi. Eo nomine senatus decretis honorificis in ordinem suum me adlegit, C. Pansa et A. Hirtio consulibus, consularem locum sententiae dicendae tribuens, et imperium mihi dedit. Augustus, Res Gestae, In which year did Octavian turn 18 years old? (1 mark) 2. From where did Octavian draw his private army? (1 mark) 3. What was Antony s reaction to Octavian raising an army, and why? (1 mark) 4. In which year were Pansa and Hirtius consuls? (1 mark) 5. Name TWO things the power of imperium enabled Octavian to do. (1 mark) 6. For what TWO reasons was Octavian s use of imperium unconstitutional? (1 mark) 7. In the same year, Octavian was elected consul. How was this made possible? (1 mark) 8. Octavian was also elected to the Second Triumvirate. Who were the two other triumviri? (1 mark) 9. Later in this passage, Octavian claims that he avenged his father s murderers by defeating them twice in battle. Where precisely did this take place, who were his opponents, and who was his ally? (2 marks) 9.

10 THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION Answer ALL the following questions on the Roman Constitution. (10 marks) 1. Approximately how many senators were there? How long did they stay senators? (1 mark) 2. Name TWO functions of an aedile. (1 mark) 3. What did a consul do after his year in office? (1 mark) 4. How many centuries were there in the Comitia Centuriata, the Peoples Assembly which was organized by centuries? (1 mark) 5. Which magistrate presided over the law courts? (1 mark) 6. For what reason was a dictator appointed? (1 mark) 7. What was the function of the Comitia Tributa, the Peoples Assembly which was organized by tribe? (1 mark) 8. Fill in the table below with the four steps of the cursus honorum, the number of men annually elected to each office, and the minimum age they had to be. Start at the top with the most junior magistrate, and finish with the most senior. (3 marks) Office Number of Officers Minimum Age tribune 10 unspecified 10.