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Latin Literature Workbook Series: These workbooks contain the Latin text that is on the AP* syllabus accompanied by exercises (grammar, translation, short answer analysis, scansion if appropriate, figures of speech, and essay questions) that will help students to read and understand the literature as well as prepare for the AP* examination. In addition, teacher's manuals will feature the entire student text along with the answers. The Latin text of Catullus' poems that is required reading for the AP Latin Literature Exam is contained in this workbook. The exercises in the workbook give students practice with all aspects of the AP* Catullus syllabus: content, translation, meter, grammar, syntax, figures of speech, and literary analysis. In addition, the format of the exercises accustoms the students to all the kinds of questions found on the AP* Catullus Examination. Special Features The complete Latin text of Catullus poems 1–5, 7, 8, 11–14, 22, 30, 31, 35, 36, 40, 43–46, 49–51, 60, 64. 50–253, 65, 68–70, 72, 76, 77, 84–87, 96, 101, 109, and 116 (a total of 771 lines). Short-answer questions that address the underlying grammatical and syntactical structures of each poem Multiple choice questions on grammar, syntax, figures of speech, content, etc. Passages for scansion and translation Short and long essay questions Four review chapters including essays that require comparative analysis of the poems Comprehensive Latin-to-English glossary by Ronnie Ancona Questions modeled on the AP* Latin Literature exam