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Latin Literature Trivia Trivia Quiz

This is a basic quiz on Latin Literature. For those of you who are Latin scholars this will be a walk in the park. The questions cover the works of Virgil, Catullus, and Ovid - mythology and translation. Bona Fortuna!

A multiple-choice quiz by tuva. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tuva

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,116

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1087

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Catullus' Poem 'odi et amo' conveys what emotions? Hint

his conflicting emotions of love and hate

his complete love and adoration for Lesbia

his attitude toward a napkin thief

his uncertainty about his girlfriend's pet sparrow

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Roman poet composed the Amores? Hint

Catullus

Ovid

Horace

Virgil

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the story of Apollo and Daphne, what change (metamorphosis) does Daphne undergo? Hint

she is changed by her father into a laurel tree

she is changed by Minerva into a spider

she is changed by Apollo into a cow

she is changed by Diana into a horse

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the 'Aeneid,' what is the name of the queen of Carthage who falls in love with Aeneas?

Answer: (One Word (4 letters))

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'Arma virumque cano ...' is the beginning of which poem? Hint

Catullus 62

The Aeneid

Daedalus and Icarus

Amores 1.1

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of King Minos' wife and the minotaur's mother? Hint

Andromache

Clytemnestra

Hecuba

Pasiphae

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Question 7 of 10

7. On what river was Rome founded?

Answer: (One Word (5 letters))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was killed by serpents after denouncing the Trojan horse as another Greek deception? Hint

Laocoon

Priam

Cassandra

Hector

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Question 9 of 10

9. On what island did the Greeks conceal themselves before sacking Troy? Hint

Tenedos

Crete

Lesbos

Euboea

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which one of these poets does Catullus criticize in one of his poems? Hint

Horace

Sestius

Volusius

Cicero

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Catullus' Poem 'odi et amo' conveys what emotions?

Answer: his conflicting emotions of love and hate

'Odi et amo' literally means 'I hate and I love'.

2. Which Roman poet composed the Amores?

Answer: Ovid

3. In the story of Apollo and Daphne, what change (metamorphosis) does Daphne undergo?

Answer: she is changed by her father into a laurel tree

Daphne asks her father to change her into a tree so that she will not be caught by Apollo, who is madly in love with her.

4. In the 'Aeneid,' what is the name of the queen of Carthage who falls in love with Aeneas?

Answer: Dido

'dux femina facis'

5. 'Arma virumque cano ...' is the beginning of which poem?

Answer: The Aeneid

6. What is the name of King Minos' wife and the minotaur's mother?

Answer: Pasiphae

Andromache - abandoned by Perseus Hecuba - wife of Priam Clytemnestra - wife of Agamemnon

7. On what river was Rome founded?

Answer: Tiber

8. Who was killed by serpents after denouncing the Trojan horse as another Greek deception?

Answer: Laocoon

When Laocoon threw a spear at the Trojan horse, a groan emanated from the hollow inside it.

9. On what island did the Greeks conceal themselves before sacking Troy?

Answer: Tenedos

10. Which one of these poets does Catullus criticize in one of his poems?

Answer: Volusius

'annales Volusi, cacata carta' 'annals of Volusius, soiled sheets'

Source: Author tuva

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