The Latin test is designed to assess whether an examinee has the competencies and knowledge necessary for a beginning teacher of Latin for grades K–12. The 120 selected-response questions measure the examinee’s competence in various language skills (grammar and reading comprehension) and knowledge of Roman civilization, pedagogy, and professional matters.

Questions are derived from topics typically covered in college-level Latin courses. The general content specifications for the test are based on the recommendations in Standards for Latin Teacher Training and Certification, a joint publication of the American Classical League and the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies).

Questions come in two forms: stand-alone and passage-based. In stand-alone questions (Section 1), the long vowels of Latin words are marked with macrons. In reading passages and passage-based questions (Section 2), long vowels of Latin words generally are not marked. This test may contain some questions that will not count toward your score.