Latin Literature Quiz

1. Which of the following was translated into Latin by Livius Andronicus?

Odyssey
Annales
Iliad
Theogony

2. Who is considered to be the father of Latin Literature?

Cicero
Cato the Elder
Naevius
Ennius

3. What play of Plautus' is unique in that there are no women involved?

Mostellaria
Pseudolus
Aulularia
Captivi

4. Where was the birthplace of Publius Virgilius Maro?

Rome
Padua
Mantua
Andes

5. How many books comprise the Georgics?

3
6
4
7

6. To where was Ovid banished?

Mantua
Tomi
Corsica
Gades

7. Who found the tomb of Archimedes while serving in Sicily?

Cicero
Cato
Pliny the Elder
Hortensius

8. Which emperor supposedly appointed his horse, Incitatus, a Roman consul?

Caligula
Nero
Elagabalus
Domitian

9. Which of the following is best known for his writings about education?

Tertullian
Ovid
Quintilian
Seneca the Younger

10. Who wrote the Satyricon?

Livius Andronicus
Petronius
Juvenal
Horace