Latin 530
Study Guide for Midterm Examination
September 29, 2024
N.B.: the exam is Tuesday, October 8
Part I (identifications): you will be asked to identify a specified number of terms with an informative short answer explaining the item’s relevance/significance for this course. [Part I = ca. 15% of total exam points]
The items are likely to come from this list:
| Titus Maccius Plautus fabula palliata Plautinopolis Ludi Megalenses (191 BCE) Dis Exapaton early Roman temporary theaters figura etymologica paronomasia seruus callidus canticum iambo-trochaic verse colloquialism pleonasm hapax legomenon |
Early Latin |
Palaestra |
Part II: translation of prepared passages (rom Pseudolus 1-904 and Amphitruo 186-262 (there is a text and commentary of Am. 186-262 in D2L "Content" for October 8). There will be some questions (mostly morphological & syntactic) about individual words. [Part II = ca. 75% of total exam points]
Part III: brief commentary on Latin passage(s); you will be asked to comment on (a) selected passage(s) in Latin (from Ps.) with a carefully organized short answer. [Part III = ca. 10% of total exam points] The answer format is as follows:
(1) identify the speaker(s) of the passage
(2) briefly describe the context in which the passage occurs
(3) write a carefully organized short answer commenting on the significance of the passage in light of (e.g.) the work’s themes, ideas, style, comic aims & techniques, its characters, its (socio-)historical or dramatic/literary significance, dramatic/literary, poetic and/or rhetorical qualities (et al.).