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SAT ll Subject Test in Latin (SAT Subject Test Series)
by Jack Rudman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: National Learning Corp (2005-01-01)
ISBN: 0837363098
EAN: 9780837363097
Plastic Comb: 140 pages
SKU: 070518001
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: This copy is in good condition. There are pencil markings in the first quarter of the book and rubbed-off pencil marking on the back inside cover. The rest of the book is clean. Otherwise, no highlights, tears. No dustjacket. Softcover has minimum shelf/edge wear. A good copy for your exam needs at an affordable price. (F3)
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Customer Reviews
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Not a new edition
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-08-01
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book for my son based on a recent Amazon review that said the errors had been corrected, and also because when I called the publisher they claimed that the edition for sale was new (2005). However this is false. The book is an exact reproduction of the earlier edition, with a 2005 date on the front page. I've found several errors so far, including those cited by earlier reviewers. Don't be fooled!
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Very helpful
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-04-21
3 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I recently purchased this book and am very pleased with the results. The book has been re-edited and I didn't come across any of the errors previously reported in regards to this guide. There is a huge supply of practice questions and exams, and it's difficult NOT to come away with a firmer grasp of Latin considering the sheer number of questions and answers you'll navigate from front to back. Highly recommended, and I wouldn't hesitate to use another book from this series.
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Unconscionably Bad--A Real Disgrace
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Date: 2003-04-05
34 out of 34 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am a graduate student in Classics and am currently helping a student from the local high school prepare for the SAT II Latin exam. No need to summarize at length the defects in this book because they have been detailed in the other negative reviews; my review is meant only to advise the potential buyer that the negative reviews for this book are, if anything, too kind, so egregious are the errors in both the questions and answer keys of this book. The positive/lukewarm reviews should be ignored--even though there is currently no alternative guide for the SAT II this book should not be used under any circumstances. Any student competent enough to recognize the errors in this book does not need to prepare further for the exam; other students will only be badly misled, their knowledge of Latin tainted by non-existent verb and adjective forms, questions for which there is no correct choice among the given answers, questions for which several of the given answers are correct, and translations which indicate only the most rudimentary knowledge of Latin on the part of the compilers. I have contacted the publisher and demanded a revision.
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A Major Disappointment
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Date: 2002-04-05
31 out of 31 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a high school Latin teacher, I was delighted to see this book the other day on a colleague's desk. There are many SAT II prep guides which are widely available for other subjects, but I was unaware that any existed for Latin. Naturally, I was pleased to see something purporting to fill a very serious need. However, after I scrutinized its contents, I was disappointed to see that the book was, as other reviewers have noted, packed with errors. It is a sloppy work, hastily prepared, and of dubious value for any serious Latin student. The authors either don't know Latin or didn't bother to vet their own work product. Many of the questions either fail completely to set forth a correct answer or feature an answer that is grossly inaccurate. Who needs a prep book that is filled with these sorts of errors? Preparing students for the SAT II in Latin should not be an exercise in explaining to them why, for a given question in their workbook, none of the answers is correct. I would urge the authors to try again: eliminate the blatant inaccuracies, then publish an edition that has some usefulness for the students who need it.
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Caveat Emptor
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Date: 2001-05-30
38 out of 38 customers found this reveiw helpful
This volume is one of the only tools available to prepare for the Latin SAT-II. I recently purchased it to consider ordering it for my Latin III class, many of whom take the test. The book was a serious disappointment. It's one virtue is the number of practice questions it offers; though some of them are from such old tests that they don't provide much benefit for today's test takers. Unfortunately, however, the book is riddled with serious errors that will confuse students. On a single page containing seven questions, I found five substantive errors. For example, as the correct translation of "Pueros prohibui ne domi irent" we are offered "I have forbidden the boys", although the secondary sequence "irent" forces the simple past translation, "I forbade". A question about "celerius navigabant" offers no answer that reflects the comparative degree of the adverb. On the same page there is a use of credo with the accusative, rather than dative case, and the following unintelligible item: "Dixi eum libros quos lectus esses scribere." Numerous questions have no correct answer; some have two; some grammar questions are missing their verbs. The problem goes well beyond typos, though there are plenty of those. In one reading passage, interiacebat, "(it) lay between" is glossed as coming from intericio, "throw between", and violentiam loses its -i-, rendering "quae huic urbi per violentam ignium acciderunt" difficult to construe. This error is compounded by the fact that students are asked to choose the best translation of this sentence in a question that repeats the mistake. An equally serious deficit in the book is the lack of explanatory material. Students will have to consult a teacher to understand their mistakes. The book has the potential to undermine the confidence of capable students, as they fail to answer the many erroneous and misleading questions. If anything else existed, I would recommend that students avoid this book; as it is, students should only use it with the guidance of an experienced Latin teacher, who can also serve as copy editor.
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