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🏛AP Latin

FRQ 1 – Short Answer (Vergil or Pliny)
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Practice FRQ 1 of 261/26
1. Answer the following questions in English unless the question specifically asks you to provide Latin words. Base your answers on the passage below.
Source: Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 6.16.13
Pomponianus itaque sarcinas contulerat in naves, certus fugae
si contrarius ventus resedisset. Quo tunc avunculus meus
secundissimo invectus complectitur trepidantem consolatur hortatur, utque timorem
eius sua securitate leniret, deferri in balineum iubet;
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lotus accubat, cenat aut hilaris aut, quod est
aeque magnum, similis hilari. Interim e Vesuvio monte
pluribus locis latissimae flammae altaque incendia relucebant.
Pomponianus, -i, m.: Pomponianus, a friend of Pliny the Elder
sarcinae, -arum, f. pl.: baggage, packs
fuga, -ae, f.: flight, escape
resido, -ere: to settle down, subside
avunculus, -i, m.: maternal uncle
secundus, -a, -um, adj.: very favorable
invehor, invehi: to ride or sail in
trepido, -are: to tremble, be alarmed
securitas, -atis, f.: calmness, freedom from fear
lenio, -ire: to soften, calm
balineum, -i, n.: bath
reluceo, -ere: to shine back, gleam
A. (i) Translate in context the phrase certus fugae (line 1).
(ii) Identify the case of fugae.
B. Identify the contextual meaning of contrarius (line 2).
C. Identify the antecedent of Quo (line 2).
D. Translate in context the phrase lotus accubat (line 5).
E. Identify or describe the grammatical use of leniret (line 4).
F. Identify one and only one action that the uncle takes toward Pomponianus in lines 2–3 (complectitur...hortatur).
G. Identify what natural event is described in lines 6–7 (e Vesuvio monte...relucebant).
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