AP Latin Unit 5: Vergil II — War, Suffering, and Choice Practice Exam

Assessment for Unit 5: Vergil II — War, Suffering, and Choice

Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Exam Details

Questions: 22 total (21 multiple choice, 1 short answer)
Time: 60 minutes (recommended)
Topics Covered: Unit 5: Vergil II — War, Suffering, and Choice
Format: Multiple Choice, Short Answer questions matching real exam difficulty
Scoring: Instant results with detailed explanations

A. Multiple-Choice Questions (21 Questions)

Select the one best answer for each question.

1. 1. [Skill: 1A | Topic: 5.1] Read the excerpt from Vergil, Aeneid 12: "hoc dicens ferrum adverso sub pectore condit fervidus; ast illi solvuntur frigore membra vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras." Which of the following is the best translation of “vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras”?

(A)And his life, with a groan, fled indignantly beneath the shades.(B)And his life complained with a groan under the shadows.(C)And he, groaning, angrily pursued life into the shadows.(D)And his life, having groaned, drove the shadows away in anger.

2. 2. [Skill: 2A | Topic: 5.1] Read the excerpt from Vergil, Aeneid 12: "tune hinc spoliis indute meorum eripiare mihi?" In the phrase “spoliis indute meorum,” what best explains the case of spoliis?

(A)Ablative with indutus, expressing what someone is clothed/covered with(B)Genitive of possession, modifying indute(C)Dative with a compound verb, indicating the person affected(D)Accusative direct object of indute

3. 3. [Skill: 3B | Topic: 5.1] Read the excerpt from Vergil, Aeneid 12: "Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas immolat et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit." Which of the following best identifies the primary effect of the repetition of “Pallas ... Pallas” in these lines?

(A)It creates a calm, prayer-like tone that signals Aeneas’ restraint.(B)It functions as anaphora that intensifies emotional force and focuses attention on Pallas as the motive for vengeance.(C)It provides a balanced parallelism that suggests moral equivalence between Turnus and Pallas.(D)It is a metrical filler with little or no rhetorical significance.

4. 4. [Skill: 4A | Topic: 5.1] Read the excerpt from Vergil, Aeneid 12: "ille, oculis postquam saevi monimenta doloris exuviasque hausit, furiis accensus et ira terribilis ..." Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains why Aeneas makes the choice he does at this moment?

(A)He wants to increase his personal glory by killing a defenseless enemy.(B)He believes the gods have forbidden him to show mercy under any circumstances.(C)Seeing the "tokens of savage grief" and the spoils triggers furor and anger, overriding clemency and leading to vengeance for Pallas.(D)He fears that Turnus will immediately regain strength and defeat him in a second duel.

5. [Skill: 1A | Topic: 5.3] Read the excerpt. "Aeneas, tela manu iaciens, clipeo protectus, in medios ruit." In the phrase "tela manu iaciens," what is the tense/voice of iaciens and how should the phrase be translated most accurately?

(A)Present active participle; "hurling weapons with his hand"(B)Perfect passive participle; "having been hurled by weapons with his hand"(C)Future active participle; "about to hurl weapons with his hand"(D)Gerundive; "weapons must be hurled with his hand"

6. [Skill: 1B | Topic: 5.3] Read the excerpt. "duce interfecto, milites in castra trepidi se recipiunt." Which option best identifies the construction "duce interfecto" and its relationship to the main clause?

(A)Ablative absolute indicating a circumstance prior to the main action: "when/after the leader had been killed"(B)Ablative of means explaining how the soldiers returned: "by means of the killed leader"(C)Dative of reference indicating for whom the leader was killed: "for the leader, killed"(D)An object-complement construction with recipiunt: "they receive the leader killed"

7. [Skill: 2A | Topic: 5.3] Read the excerpt. "hostibus victis, Turnus, irā incensus, pacem tamen spernit." Which option best explains how the participial/ablative construction(s) contribute to the sentence’s meaning?

(A)"hostibus victis" and "irā incensus" both present simultaneous actions; Turnus is defeating the enemies while being inflamed with anger(B)"hostibus victis" provides prior background circumstance (enemies already defeated), while "irā incensus" describes Turnus’s state as he rejects peace(C)"hostibus victis" is an ablative of agent with a passive verb; the enemies are defeated by Turnus, so peace is rejected because of Turnus’s victory(D)"irā incensus" is a future active participle expressing purpose; Turnus rejects peace in order to become angry

8. [Skill: 1A | Topic: 5.3] Read the excerpt. "Aeneas, urbem conditurus, socios ad laborem hortatur." What is the best translation of "urbem conditurus," and what nuance does it add to the sentence?

(A)"having founded the city"; it indicates completed action prior to the exhortation(B)"while founding the city"; it indicates an action exactly simultaneous with the exhortation(C)"about to found the city"; it conveys intention/purpose looking forward from the main action(D)"to be founded as a city"; it conveys necessity (obligation) placed upon the city

9. [Skill: 1.A | Topic: 5.4] Read the excerpt below (Vergil, Aeneid 12). The speaker is Turnus, addressing Aeneas in supplication. "ille humilis supplex oculos dextramque precantem protendens 'equidem merui nec deprecor' inquit; 'utere sorte tua.'" Which of the following is the best translation of "utere sorte tua" in this context?

(A)Use your lot/fortune as you will (i.e., do what you choose with me, since you have won).(B)Restore your fate to me (i.e., give back the destiny that was taken from me).(C)Fight with your fate (i.e., struggle against what the gods have decided for you).(D)Trust in your fortune (i.e., be confident that luck will protect you in battle).

10. [Skill: 2.A | Topic: 5.4] Read the excerpt below (Vergil, Aeneid 12). Turnus continues his plea. "misereri, si qua parentis tangere cura potest, oro (fuit et tibi talis Anchises genitor) Dauni miserere senectae" Which of the following best identifies the primary rhetorical strategy Turnus uses to persuade Aeneas?

(A)He appeals to Aeneas' pietas by invoking shared experience of fatherhood and urging compassion for an aged parent.(B)He uses extended military exempla to argue that victory requires killing every enemy.(C)He threatens Aeneas with divine punishment if he refuses to spare Turnus.(D)He ridicules Aeneas' Trojan origins in order to shame him into mercy.

11. [Skill: 2.B | Topic: 5.4] Read the excerpt below (Vergil, Aeneid 12). Aeneas hesitates before acting. "stetit acer in armis Aeneas volvens oculos dextramque repressit; et iam iamque magis cunctantem flectere sermo coeperat..." Which of the following best explains how this moment in the scene contributes to a larger thematic idea in the Aeneid?

(A)It highlights the tension between mercy and vengeance, showing Aeneas at a crossroads before a decisive moral choice.(B)It proves that Aeneas has abandoned pietas entirely and now acts only from uncontrolled rage.(C)It emphasizes that Turnus' speech is ineffective because Aeneas cannot understand Latin.(D)It suggests that the final outcome is purely accidental and unrelated to human decision-making.

12. [Skill: 2.A | Topic: 5.4] Read the excerpt below (Vergil, Aeneid 12). Aeneas kills Turnus. "Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas immolat et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit." Which of the following best describes the effect of repeating "Pallas"?

(A)Anaphora intensifies the personal motive for the killing, framing the act as vengeance and sacrifice on behalf of Pallas.(B)Litotes minimizes the violence of the scene by understating the wound.(C)Chiasmus balances opposing ideas to show Aeneas' emotional neutrality.(D)Alliteration creates a comic tone that undercuts the seriousness of the death.

13. **1.** [Skill: 2B | Topic: 5.5] Read the Vergilian line below. *aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi* (Aeneid 2.45) Which pair of words contains an **elision** that affects the metrical count of the line?

(A)aut hoc(B)hoc inclusi(C)ligno occultantur(D)occultantur Achivi

14. **2.** [Skill: 3A | Topic: 5.5] Read the excerpt below. *infandum, regina, iubes renovare dolorem,* *Troianas ut opes et lamentabile regnum* (Aeneid 2.3–4) How does the **enjambment** (the continuation of sense across the line break) most strongly contribute to the meaning of the passage?

(A)It creates a humorous, conversational tone by interrupting the narrative with a pause.(B)It mirrors the speaker’s reluctant momentum: the thought spills forward, enacting the difficulty of containing the memory of suffering.(C)It signals that the second line is a separate topic unrelated to the first line’s request.(D)It emphasizes the end rhyme between *dolorem* and *regnum* as the primary sound effect.

15. **3.** [Skill: 2B | Topic: 5.5] Read the Vergilian line below. *quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis* (Aeneid 2.49) In performance, a principal **caesura** (sense pause within the line) is most naturally placed after which word?

(A)quidquid(B)est(C)Danaos(D)dona

16. **4.** [Skill: 4A | Topic: 5.5] A student is writing a meter-aware analytical paragraph about the emotional impact of a death-scene and cites the line below with a metrical note. *procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit* Metrical note: the line opens with an unusually heavy run of **spondaic** rhythm in the early feet (more long syllables than expected). Which claim best uses this metrical evidence to support an interpretation?

(A)The heavy early spondees slow the rhythm, reinforcing the weight and finality of collapse and death in the scene.(B)The heavy early spondees speed up the rhythm, making the death feel sudden and comic.(C)The heavy early spondees primarily create end rhyme, drawing attention away from meaning and toward sound alone.(D)Because spondees are forbidden in epic hexameter, the metrical note proves the line cannot be Vergil.

17. [Skill: 2A | Topic: 5.6] Read the excerpt below from Vergil’s Aeneid (12.938–952). "stetit acer in armis Aeneas volvens oculos dextramque repressit; et iam iamque magis cunctantem flectere sermo coeperat, infelix umero cum apparuit alto balteus et notis fulserunt cingula bullis Pallantis pueri, victum quem volnere Turnus straverat atque umeris inimicum insigne gerebat. ille, oculis postquam saevi monimenta doloris exuviasque hausit, furiis accensus et ira terribilis: ‘tune hinc spoliis indute meorum eripiare mihi? Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas immolat et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit.’" Which figure of speech is most clearly used in “Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas / immolat” to heighten the emotional intensity of the moment?

(A)Anaphora (repetition at the beginning of successive phrases)(B)Chiasmus (inverted word order in an ABBA pattern)(C)Asyndeton (omission of conjunctions in a list)(D)Litotes (understatement by negating the opposite)

18. [Skill: 3B | Topic: 5.6] Read the excerpt below from Vergil’s Aeneid (12.938–952). "... et iam iamque magis cunctantem flectere sermo coeperat, infelix umero cum apparuit alto balteus ... ... ille, oculis postquam saevi monimenta doloris exuviasque hausit, furiis accensus et ira terribilis ..." What is the most accurate explanation of how the balteus of Pallas functions in the passage?

(A)It triggers a sudden reversal from hesitation toward mercy to uncontrollable anger and vengeance.(B)It serves mainly as a sign of divine approval, confirming Aeneas’ piety and guaranteeing victory.(C)It provides comic relief through ironic contrast, reducing the grimness of the scene.(D)It demonstrates Turnus’ repentance and readiness to submit, prompting Aeneas to spare him.

19. [Skill: 1A | Topic: 5.6] Read the line below from Vergil’s Aeneid (12.952). "vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras." Which translation best captures the grammar and sense of the Latin?

(A)And his life, resentful, fled with a groan beneath the shades.(B)And he fled beneath the shades, groaning, because his life was indignant.(C)And the shades fled beneath his groan, and his indignant life followed.(D)And his indignant groan fled with his life beneath the shades.

20. [Skill: 4A | Topic: 5.6] Read the excerpt below from Vergil’s Aeneid (12.938–952). "Aeneas ... dextramque repressit; ... cunctantem flectere sermo coeperat ... ... ‘tune hinc spoliis indute meorum eripiare mihi? Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas immolat ...’" Which interpretation best reflects how the passage develops a central idea of the unit (war, suffering, and choice)?

(A)Aeneas’ moment of choice is shaped by personal grief; remembrance of suffering leads him to reject mercy and embrace violent retribution.(B)Aeneas demonstrates that in war, personal emotion must always be suppressed in favor of rational diplomacy.(C)Vergil portrays war as largely painless for victors, because triumph erases memories of loss.(D)Turnus’ speech persuades Aeneas to prioritize clemency, showing that language is more powerful than violence.

21. [Skill: 4A | Topic: 5.2] In Aeneid 10.761, Vergil describes the Fury Tisiphone during the height of the battle: "pallida Tisiphone media inter milia saevit." The arrangement of the words "pallida Tisiphone media... milia" is best identified as which of the following?

(A)Chiasmus, which emphasizes the containment of the Fury's rage within the ranks.(B)Synchysis, which mimics the physical intermingling of the Fury among the masses of soldiers.(C)A golden line, which suggests a sense of fated harmony and epic balance in the scene.(D)Hyperbaton, which creates a delay to build suspense before the appearance of the Fury.

B. Short Answer Questions (1 Question)

Answer all parts of each question. Answers must be in essay form. Outlines or lists alone are not acceptable.

Question 22:

加载中...