YEAR 9 (13+) SCHOLARSHIP March 2012 for entry in September 2012 LATIN Your Name:.. Your School:. Please write below the number of terms you have been studying Latin:.. Time allowed: 1 hour Equipment needed: Lined paper Information for candidates: 1. Write your name and school on this page. 2. Answer ALL questions. 3. Write your answers on the separate paper provided. Please put your name on all the sheets of paper you use. 4. Dictionaries are NOT allowed
Section A Translate into English. Write your translation on alternate lines. The Gauls, who attacked Rome in 390 BC, almost succeed in capturing the Capitol Hill, the stronghold of the city, but the Romans are alerted at the last minute by some sacred geese. Galli, ceteris partibus urbis iam captis, Capitolium quoque expugnare cupiebant. cum hoc difficillimum videretur, militem unum clam emiserunt, ut cognosceret num arx bene defensa esset. ille regressus nuntiavit multos custodes ibi positos esse, et monuit duces suos ut nocte celati oppugnarent. proxima igitur nocte Galli tanto silentio progressi sunt ut custodes nihil audirent, et arx facile superata esset, nisi anseres Iunonis sacri clamoribus 5 Romanos monuissent hostes appropinquare. itaque Romani milites ex somno excitati tam fortiter pugnaverunt ut paucis post horis Gallos vicissent et ex urbe pulissent. urbe iam servata, omnes Iunoni maximas gratias agebant. [60 marks] Galli, Gallorum (m.pl.) the Gauls Capitolium, Capiolii (n) the Capitol (one of the seven hills of Rome) expugno, expugnare I take by storm videor (passive of video) I seem num whether arx, arcis (f) citadel, stronghold celo, celare, celavi, celatus I hide nisi if... not anser, anseris (m) goose Iuno, Iunonis (f) Juno excito, excitare, excitavi, excitatus I wake up 2
Section B Read this passage and answer, in English, the questions below it. Do not translate it, except where instructed to do so. Marks given are shown in brackets. A cunning plan to murder his mother Agrippina is suggested to Nero. Anicetus, libertus Neronis, qui Agrippinam valde oderat, consilium callidum cepit. Neroni persuasit ut navem aedificari iuberet cuius pars ita frangi posset ut Agrippinam in mare iaceret; sic omnes credituros esse illam naufragio mortuam esse. consilium Neroni, qui matrem interficere voluit, maxime placuit. paucis post diebus Agrippina navem conscendit ut diem festum Baiis ageret. sed ubi navis non multum progressa 5 est, tectum eius ruit et servum Agrippinae nomine Crepereium necavit. navis mox collapsa est sed non statim summersa est. Agrippina igitur (unum tamen vulnus humero accepit) se in mare lente demittere et natando se servare poterat. Proper Names: Anicetus, Aniceti a freedman of Nero Nero, Neronis Nero (the emperor) Agrippina, Agrippinae Agrippina (Nero s mother) Crepereius, Crepereii Crepereius Baiae, Baiarum Baiae (a town on the bay of Naples) Vocabulary: callidus, callida, callidum cunning naufragium, naufragii (n) shipwreck conscendo, conscendere, conscendi I board a ship tectum, tecti (n) roof, covering ruo, ruere, rui I collapse humerus, humeri (m) shoulder nato, natare I swim 3
a. Refer to line 1. What were Anicetus feelings towards Agrippina? [2] b. Refer to lines 2 3. What was the plan Anicetus proposed to Nero? [6] c. Refer to line 3. What did he tell Nero that everyone would think? [3] d. Refer to lines 3 4. How did Nero react to the plan and why did he react in this way? [4] e. Refer to line 5. Where was Agrippina going and why? [2] f. Refer to line 5. How did she intend to travel? g. Refer to lines 5 6. At what point was the plan put into effect? [2] h. Refer to line 6. (i) Who was Crepereius? (ii) What happened to him? Why did it happen? [3] i. Refer to lines 6 7. Why did the plan go wrong? [2] j. Refer to lines 7 8. What injury did Agrippina suffer? k. Refer to lines 7 8. How did Agrippina escape? [4] l. From the passage give an example of: (i) A verb in the imperfect subjunctive active. (ii) An adverb (iii) An active infinitive (iv) A passive infinitive (v) A deponent verb m. Give an English word derived from: (i) frangi (ii) festum (iii) summersa est (iv) mortuam Total [40 marks] 4