Annual Exam Study
Original practice questions written for Latin Launchpad. Choose a level, practice by category, or take a timed multiple-choice exam. Pick a level, read what it covers, then practice in the app by category or as a timed set.
The levels follow the same path as the course. Introduction lines up with Year 4A, Beginning with Year 4B, and Intermediate with Year 4C. Reading levels and the advanced levels are there when a class is ready for longer passages.
Introduction
Students early in Latin who can read short sentences and a very short story. A full Introduction exam has 40 multiple-choice questions in about 45 minutes: roughly 12 on culture, history, and mythology, 18 on the Latin language, and 10 on a short reading.
Beginning
Students who can read unconnected Latin sentences and one short passage. A full Beginning practice exam has 40 multiple-choice questions in about 45 minutes: 12 Roman-world questions, 18 language questions, and 10 reading questions, the same shape as the Introduction exam.
Beginning Reading
Students whose class is ready to be tested mainly by reading, not by stand-alone grammar. This reading practice has 36 questions in about 45 minutes: 33 based on two original Latin passages and 3 extension questions.
Intermediate
Students reading longer sentences, comparatives, passives, and a short prose passage. A full Intermediate practice exam has 40 multiple-choice questions in about 45 minutes: 12 Roman-world questions, 18 language questions, and a 10-question original passage.
Intermediate Reading
Students who read adapted prose and can answer from the passage. This reading practice has 36 questions in about 45 minutes, drawn from two original prose passages, plus a few extension questions.
Advanced Prose
Students reading Caesar, Cicero, or similar prose. This practice exam has 40 multiple-choice questions in about 45 minutes: 12 Roman-world questions, 18 language questions, and a 10-question original prose passage.
Advanced Poetry
Students reading Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, or Horace. This practice exam has 40 multiple-choice questions in about 45 minutes and includes an original poetry passage. Scansion of dactylic hexameter and the elegiac couplet belongs here, with 12 Roman-world questions, 18 language questions, and 10 reading questions.
Advanced Reading
Advanced readers, including students approaching authentic prose and verse. This reading practice has 36 questions in about 45 minutes on two original passages, one prose and one poetry, plus a few extension questions.