The Lukeion Project
Preparation for the
National Greek Exam
Attic Prose
A page from an "uncial" (all capital letters) illustrated manuscript of the Iliad.
I'm very pleased and proud that you'll be taking the National Greek Exam. This is great experience for so many reasons! And there's nothing to lose. I've created this page to help you review concepts that you need to master for the exam.
RULES
- We will take the exam on Monday, March 14, 2022
- You must mail your answer sheet back to The Lukeion Project IMMEDIATELY and it must arrive no later than Friday of the same week. In order for your exams to be scored, we have to meet very rigorous submission deadlines that have been created with the "brick-and-mortar" school room in mind (the teacher collects and mails in the exams on the same day). This places extraordinary time constraints on us as an online school with answer sheets that must be gathered from around the globe. We'll coordinate together as the date approaches.
- The Exam is a paper exam.
- --- It is a "fill in the bubble" exam
- --- You must have several #2 (or softer) lead pencils when you take the exam.
- The exam is timed. 50 minutes were allotted to complete the exam last year.
- Your primary instructor (Mr. Barr) is NOT permitted to proctor your exam, so there is no disadvantage from being a geographically diverse class
- You will need a proctor who will time the exam and confirm that you do not cheat
- No Greek tools (dictionary, textbook, etc.) are permitted
SYLLABI
Please note that everything covered on the previous exams is fair game on the subsequent exams.
STATISTICS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
Here are the 2007 stats from the National Greek Exam:
- 1879 students took the exam
- 141 high schools, colleges, and universities were represented from the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
- 54% of those taking the exam earned purple, blue, red, or green ribbons.
Here are the 2008 stats from the National Greek Exam:
- 1884 students took the exam
- 154 high schools, colleges, and universities were represented from the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
- 54% of those taking the exam earned purple, blue, red, or green ribbons.
Here are the 2009 stats from the National Greek Exam:
- 1709 students took the exam
- 166 high schools, colleges, and universities were represented from the US, Canada, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand.
- 55% of those taking the exam earned purple, blue, red, or green ribbons.
USING PREVIOUS YEARS' TESTS TO PREPARE
Exact recreations of previous years' exams are included here. They are self-scoring and you can take them as many times as you wish. TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THESE EXAMS, study first, then take them "cold" (having never seen them before), and time yourself to 50 minutes. That will be most like the real experience of taking the NGE. You may re-take them as many times as you wish, but each time they'll be more familiar, so they'll be less like the real exam experience. PLEASE NOTE the broad range of questions that are asked! It's a great help in understanding the kinds of things you will be expected to know.
Because the passages for this exam are longer than at the lower levels, the best simulation of the exam is for you to have the passage on a piece of paper that you can refer to. As a result, I'm posting the passages as documents so that you can print them (without looking!), and then have them available when you begin your exam.
2007 Prose Passage
2009 Prose Passage
2010 Prose Passage
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