MATSEC IM Latin case studies
MATSEC IM Latin · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Intermediate Matriculation (IM) Latin examination is one of the subject examinations offered under the MATSEC Examinations Board, the examinations body of L-Università ta' Malta. MATSEC publishes subject syllabi across four levels - SEC (Secondary Education Certificate), SEAC (Secondary Education Applied Certificate), IM (Intermediate Matriculation) and AM (Advanced Matriculation) - and the IM level sits between the secondary certificate and the advanced matriculation examination, typically taken by post-secondary students who need an intermediate-level qualification in Latin as part of their matriculation profile or as preparation for further classical studies. The MATSEC IM Latin case studies are 5 cases and about 3,482 words.
1The Livy Passage: Cum, Ablative Absolute and a Historic Infinitive
In the last 20 minutes of Paper I you have a ten-line Livy passage worth 12 marks about a Roman defeat. Your working translation reads: Cum hostes appropinquarent, signo dato, nostri terga verterunt et fugere coeperunt; imperator, ubi id animadvertit, equites misit.
767 words, about 4 min2The Golden Line: Word Order and Effect in Aeneid 4
In the literature paper an 8-mark commentary question quotes Aeneid 4.139: aurea purpuream subnectit fibula vestem . You have 12 minutes.
695 words, about 3 min3Prose Composition: To Find Out Where the Enemy Had Camped
In the prose composition section you have 10 minutes and 8 marks to turn this English sentence into Latin: The consul sent scouts to find out where the enemy had pitched camp. You have three rival versions: (a) consul exploratores misit qui cognoscerent ubi hostes castra posuissent ; (b) consul exploratores misit ut cognoscerent ubi hostes castra ponerent ; (c) consul exploratores misit ad cognoscendum ubi hostes castra posuissent .
665 words, about 3 min4The Cicero Essay: Selecting Evidence in 40 Minutes
The literature paper asks: How does Cicero use rhetorical techniques to discredit Verres in the passage you have studied? You have 40 minutes and 25 marks.
695 words, about 3 min5Indirect Statement and Reflexives in a Caesar Comprehension
In the comprehension section you meet: Caesar dixit se non prius milites dimissurum esse quam hostes vicisset. The question asks for a translation and for the reference of se .
660 words, about 3 min