Latin course for the Virtual School of Languages

Test VIII:

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If you have completed lessons 28-30, please take some time to do this test,
which will allow me to see whether you understood the explanations and
to help you with problems you might have:
Translate the following text and send the translation to sprachprofi@gmx.net
Note: I am really busy at the moment and I drown in Latin tests and 
questions every day. Because of that, I am sometimes not able to 
answer them all. I do however guarantee that every test sent in with a
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(Clodia, a rich Roman lady, once invited Cornelia, the well-known mother
of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, and her sons. Clodia then bragged about 
her treasures... )
Aliquando illi Corneliae  Clodia ornamenta sua, quae maritus ei donaverat,
monstravit. "Ecce", inquit, quam pretiosa sunt hoc poculum, hae gemmae, haec
anula!" Cornelia, postquam cuncta tacita spectavit, illa laudare non studebat.
Itaque illa rogavit: "Nunc tu, Cornelia, monstra mihi ea ornamenta, quae tibi sunt!"
At haec filios suos vocavit et hoc respondit: "Haec sunt ornamenta mea!" et
monstravit eos.
Reading vocabulary:
ornamentum, -i	- ornament, article of value
maritus, -i - husband
pretiosus, -a, -um - valuable
poculum, -i - goblet
gemma, -ae- gem
anulum, -i - ring