Latin Practice 2025

How do you pronounce the letter C in classical Latin?

• c as in "corn"

• c as in "chair"

• c as in "cinnamon"

• c as in "chicago"

How would you pronounce the name Julius Caesar in Latin?

• YO-lie-us KEY-zar

• JOO-lee-us SEE-zer

• YOO-lee-us KAI-sar

Latin vowels can be either....

• loud or silent

• long or short

• high or low

• fat or skinny

What do you call a combination of two vowels into a single sound in Latin?

• diphthong

• macron

• long vowel

• short vowel

Which one of these shows that a syllable in a Latin word is open?

• it ends with a consonant

• it ends with a comma

• it ends with a short vowel

• it ends only with a Y

What is the most reliable way to identify the subject of a sentence in Latin?

• the subject is the first word in the sentence

• the subject is the last word in the sentence

• the subject is in the nominative case

• the subject is in the suitcase

Translate the following sentence:

Soror mea novem annos nata est.

• My sister said happy new year.

• My sister is 19 years old.

• My sister has a new annotation.

• My sister is 9 years old.

What does the "person" of a verb refer to?

• the spelling of the verb

• the time of the verb

• the subject of the verb

• whether the verb is active or passive

What does the accusative case usually show?

• indirect object

• direct object

• possession

• subject

Most nouns of the second declension are masculine or neuter. Generally, masculine nouns of the second declension end in _________, while neuter nouns of the second declension end in_______.

• -us, -um

• -i -orum

• -a, -am

• um, -um