Sample exam question

To give you a further idea of what the exam will look like (also see the course outline) here is one passage from an previous exam for this course.... The exam had three passages of similar length for third-year students to translate, and one further passage for fourth-year students.


2. Nam singulis diebus ante pullorum cantum aperiuntur omnia hostia Anastasis et descendent omnes monazontes et parthene, ut hic dicunt, et non solum hii, sed et laici preter, uiri aut mulieres, qui tamen uolunt maturius uigilare. Et ex ea hora usque in luce dicuntur ymni et psalmi responduntur, similiter et antiphonae: et cata singulos ymnos fit oratio. Nam presbyteri bini uel terni, similiter et diacones, singulis diebus uices habent simul cum monazontes, qui cata singulos ymnos uel antiphonas orationes dicunt.

i. Who is the author of this passage and approximately when was it written? [4 marks]
ii. Parse descendent and explain why it is what form it is. [5 marks]
iii. Parse parthene. [3 marks]
iv. What is odd, by the standards of CL, about cata? [3 marks]