GACE Latin

The Latin assessment, offered as part of the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators, is composed of one test. The test consists of 66 selected-response questions (80% of the test score) and 2 constructed-response assignments (20% of the test score). The test may refer to the following works of prose and poetry: Res Gestae Divi Augusti, Augustus; Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Caesar; De Agri Cultura, Cato; Carmina, Catullus; orations and philosophical works of Cicero; Ab Urbe Condita, Livy; Metamorphoses and Amores, Ovid; Epistulae, Pliny the Younger; and Aeneid, Vergil. The content areas covered by the test are reading and listening comprehension, language structures, cultural perspectives and connections, and oral reading. The topics covered by the reading and listening comprehension subarea are: the applications of literal comprehension skills to Latin prose and poetry using the target language; the application of inference and interpretation skills to Latin prose and poetry; common figures of speech and elements of style and Latin; the ability to translate a short Latin passage; and the ability to understand spoken Latin phrases, sentences, and expressions in context. The topics covered by the language structures subarea are: Latin grammar and syntax; the meaning of Latin words, phrases, and sentences; and the connections between Latin and English. The topics covered by the cultural perspectives and connections subarea are: the products, practices, and perspectives of Roman culture; and the relationship of Latin texts to the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of the Roman world. The topic covered by the oral reading subarea is the ability to read passages of Latin prose or poetry aloud with appropriate vocal inflection, phrasing, pronunciation, and metrical expression.

The examination must be completed within four hours. The total test score is placed on a scale of 100 to 300, with 220 as the lowest passing score. Scores are based on the number of selected-response questions answered correctly and the scores assigned by judges to the constructed responses. Test-takers will also receive performance indices indicating their success in each subarea of the examination. Scores will be available approximately a month after the date of the examination; unofficial results are posted on the internet, and an official score report is mailed to the test-taker, the Professional Standards Commission, and the institution specified by the test-taker during registration.

GACE Latin Practice Questions

1. Name the nominative singular of the 1st personal pronoun.

A: is
B: ea
C: ego
D: nos

2. Translate the following: Hi tibi id dabunt.

A: This man will give it to me.
B: These men gave it to you (singular).
C: These men will give it to you (singular).
D: Those men give it to you (plural).

3. In what case does the declension of a reflexive noun begin?

A: Nominative
B: Genitive
C: Dative
D: Ablative

4. Translate the following: Vale, patria mea.

A: Goodbye, my native land.
B: Goodbye, father.
C: Greetings, my father.
D: Greetings, my fatherland.

5. Translate the following: Aetas difficilis potest esse beata.

A: A difficult thing it is to be happy.
B: The eternal difficulty is being happy.
C: It is the eternal happiness that is difficult.
D: A difficult life can be happy.

Answer Key

1. C. The nominative plural of the 1st personal pronoun is nos.
2. C. Be careful in specifying the number of the 2nd personal pronoun.
3. B. Reflexive pronouns cannot be used in the nominative, since they cannot be a subject.
4. A. The singular verb form is used because patria is a singular noun.
5. D. The verb phrase potest esse is in the subjunctive.