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FRQ 1 – Short Answer (Vergil or Pliny)
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Practice FRQ 1 of 251/25

1. Read the following Latin passage carefully and answer all questions in English unless a question specifically asks you to provide Latin words. Refer to the line numbers provided.

Source: Vergil, Aeneid 2.201-209

Laocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos,

sollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras.

Ecce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta

(horresco referens) immensis orbibus angues

5

incumbunt pelago pariterque ad litora tendunt;

pectora quorum inter fluctus arrecta iubaeque

sanguineae superant undas; pars cetera pontum

pone legit sinuatque immensa volumine terga.

fit sonitus spumante salo;

sors, sortis, f.: lot, appointment

sollemnis, sollemne, adj.: customary, solemn

macto, -are: to sacrifice

Tenedos, -i, f.: Tenedos, an island near Troy

horresco, -ere: to shudder

orbis, -is, m.: coil, circle

anguis, -is, m.: snake, serpent

incumbo, -ere: to press upon, lean into

arrigo, -ere: to raise up

iuba, -ae, f.: crest, mane

volumen, -inis, n.: coil, fold

salum, -i, n.: sea, swell

A.

(i) Translate in context the phrase ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos (line 1).

(ii) Identify the case of Neptuno.

B.

Identify the contextual meaning of the word referens (line 4).

C.

Identify the antecedent of quorum (line 6).

D.

Translate in context the phrase tranquilla per alta (line 3).

E.

Identify one and only one action the serpents perform in lines 5–8 (incumbunt … terga).

F.

Identify or describe the grammatical construction of spumante salo (line 9).

G.

Identify what role Laocoon holds among the Trojans at the time of this passage.

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