Study Materials
Resources
Official sourcebooks, sample questions, and study materials for Certamen preparation.
Practice Questions
Collegiate Sample Questions
Real tournament questions from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Nationals Certamen rounds.
Organized by level and round.
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Official Sourcebooks
NJCL Sourcebook Collection
The official NJCL sourcebooks covering Mythology, History, Language, and Literature.
The authoritative study material for Certamen.
Most clues in a main come from the ¹-marked books. ²-marked books appear at Advanced level in late rounds.
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Most clues in a main come from the ¹-marked books. ²-marked books appear at Advanced level in late rounds.
Sourcebook Guide by Category
- ¹ Tripp
- ¹ Odyssey with Nikhil
- ¹ Iliad with Nikhil
- ¹ Aeneid with Nikhil
- ¹ Metamorphoses with Dante
- ² March
- ¹ Heichelheim
- ² Cary and Scullard
- ¹ Allen & Greenough
- ¹ Brunel
- ¹ Schaeffer
- ¹ Conte
- ² Hadas
Culture
- ¹ Johnston
- ¹ Adkins and Adkins
Major Tournaments
Harvard Invitational
One of the hardest invitationals. Finals questions are extremely difficult. Hadas used for Literature.
Yale Certamen
Prestigious invitational with well-calibrated difficulty across rounds.
Princeton Tournament
Rigorous invitational with strong emphasis on sourcebook knowledge.
NJCL Nationals
The national championship. Follows NJCL sourcebook list strictly.