CAV Latin Two Examination Answer Key 2002
1. a
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. b
6. c
7. a
8. c
9. b
10. a
11. d
12. c
13. a
14. b
15. d
16. c
17. b
18. d
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20. d
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22. c
23. a
24. d
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26. d
27. c
28. b
29. d
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31. b
32. a
33. d
34. b
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47. d
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67. b
68. c
69. d
70. a
71. d
72. a
73. a
74. b
75. d
CAV Latin Two Examination Answer Key 2002
Part IV: Reading Comprehension Passage
The foundation story of the cult of Orphism
Once a young god, named Dionysus (Dionysus in name), was captured by the Titans while wandering in the woods. The Titans were the sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaea. The gods themselves were born from these Titans. Dionysus, (having been) carried home by the Titans, was both cooked and eaten. Juppiter was very angry and destroyed the Titans with a thunderbolt.
Juppiter created mankind (men) from the ashes. And so, men had a dual nature, having been born from both the Titans and from the god Dionysus. The one, born from the Titans, is evil: the other, born from Dionysus, is good. The body is our nature from the Titans (the Titanic nature); the soul/heart/mind is our divine nature (the nature from the god). When we die, the soul is released from the body. The soul is the captive of the body just as Dionysus was the captive of the Titans. He whose spirit rules his body is the most blessed/happiest/luckiest in life and in death.
Latin proverbs from Publilius Syrus
1. Another man’s bronze (money) is a bitter bondage to a free man.
2. A greedy man himself is the cause of his own misery.
3. Fortune makes foolish that which it wishes to destroy.
4. A foolish man possesses silence instead of wisdom.
5. He, to whom more is permitted than is fair, wants more than is allowed.
Part V: Sight Translation
Once upon a time, Croesus, the king of Lydia and a very rich man, desired to wage war with Cyrus, (the) king of the Persians. Therefore he sent a messenger to the oracle of Delphi (the Delphic oracle). The messenger asked about the outcome of this future war. The reply was: “If you cross the Halys river, a great kingdom will be destroyed.” Thinking that the kingdom was Cyrus’, Croesus led his army across the Halys. In the first battle he was badly defeated by Cyrus and captured. That kingdom in the response of the oracle was his (own).