RESULTS OF THE 2008 ACL/NJCL NATIONAL GREEK EXAMINATION
The National Greek Examination in 2008 enrolled 1680 students from 158 high schools,
colleges, and universities in the US, Canada, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. Of these students, 54%
earned purple, blue, red, or green ribbons. The battery of six examinations consisted of five Attic Greek
exams (Introduction, Beginning, Intermediate, Prose, Tragedy) and a Homeric Greek exam (Odyssey).

THE 2009 ACL/NJCL NATIONAL GREEK EXAMINATION
The next National Greek Examination will be administered Monday-Saturday, 2-7 March 2009.
Entrants will pay $4.00 for each examination (Foreign - $5.00 per exam) chosen from the battery. An
entrant may not cross levels in Attic Greek (take both Beginning and Intermediate Attic) but s/he may
take an Attic and a non-Attic examination (Intermediate Attic and Odyssey), so long as s/he pays $4.00
for each examination taken. In addition, only the Attic Prose exam may be taken for two years in a
row.

Applications will be accepted only from teachers; others should call Dr. Deb Davies before
ordering and explain any special circumstances. Applications must be postmarked no later than
Tuesday, 20 January 2009. The entry application from the teacher should include total payment. If
there is no alternative and the NGE office must bill a school system, a handling fee of $10.00 will be
added to the bill.

Copies of the 2009 National Greek Examination will be mailed by the beginning of March to the
designated examiner, but NOT to the teacher who mailed the application. If the examinations are not
received by the 1st of March 2009, please contact The American Classical League (see below).
Schools which, for reasons of vacation or other schedule conflicts, wish to administer the
examinations during the week of 23 February 2009, should so note on the application so that the NGE
office will know when to expect the answer sheets back. All answer sheets must be postmarked no later
than Monday, 9 March 2009.

OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP
In 2009, high-school seniors who earn purple or blue ribbons in upper level exams will be
eligible to apply for one scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The scholarship will be paid to the
winner’s college or university on condition that s/he earn six credits of Greek during the school year.
The winner will be selected by the NLE/NGE Scholarship Committee, chaired by Ephy Howard, Troy,
AL. Teachers of eligible students will receive application forms in the mail in mid-May, 2009. Winners
will be announced at the ACL Institute in June 2009, and notified directly thereafter by mail.

The syllabi are available by clicking on the links below. They reflect items usually taught by the first full week of March in any given year of study. Please match your students to the exam. Students may take the Attic Prose, Attic Poetry, or Homeric exam for two years in a row.

Each exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions, covering forms, grammar and syntax, English derivatives, meter (Attic Poetry and Homeric only) and Greek myth and general knowledge (Attic Poetry and Homeric only). Please see syllabi for specifics.

Students will not be specifically tested on vocabulary.

Students are expected to name grammatical constructions listed for the exam, and lower
level exams. Any level may contain questions based on the content of a lower level.

	Syllabi	Length	Authors
	Introduction to Greek	20-50 words (includes articles, particles, etc.)	simple created passage
	Beginning Attic*	180-200 words (includes …)	any appropriate Attic passage
	Intermediate Attic*	180-200 words (includes ...)	Plato, Xenophon, Attic orators, Plutarch
	Attic Prose*	200-225 words (includes ...)	Plato, Xenophon, Attic orators, Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, etc.
	Attic Tragedy	25-30 lines	Euripides, Sophocles
	Homeric	20-23 lines	Odyssey
*may be two or three passages of roughly equal length

Other
The general context of each passage will be given.

Vocabulary and grammatical aids will be given as necessary. In the Beginning and
Intermediate Attic exams, the passage(s) may be adapted. In the Attic Prose and Poetry
exams, vocabulary aids will be based on the appropriate dictionary entry.

	Categories
	14-16: Comprehension
	1-2: English derivatives
	1-2 (Attic Tragedy, Homeric only): Greek Myth and General knowledge
	1 (Attic Tragedy, Homeric only): Meter
	Remainder: Forms, Grammar and Syntax includes items listed for each exam and lower level exams may also include transformations (plural to singular, aorist to present, etc.) may also include testing on declension, dictionary entry, etc.