ˈɔːl stˈuːdənts wɜːɹ ɛkspˈɛktᵻd təbi fəmˈɪlɪɹ wɪððə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ pˈoʊᵻmz ɐpɹˈɑːksɪmətli ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd lˈaɪnz wˈɜːθ baɪ kˈæɾʌləs: wˈʌn fˈaɪv, sˈɛvən ˈeɪt, tˈɛn θˈɜːtiːn, fˈoːɹtiːn ˈeɪ, twˈɛnti tˈuː, θˈɜːɾi θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn, θˈɜːɾi fˈaɪv θˈɜːɾi sˈɪks, fˈoːɹɾi, fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks, fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn fˈɪfti wˈʌn, sˈɪksti, sˈɪksti fˈoːɹ lˈaɪnz fˈɪfti dˈæʃ tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː, sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, sˈɪksti ˈeɪt lˈaɪnz wˈʌn dˈæʃ fˈoːɹɾi, sˈɪksti nˈaɪn sˈɛvənti, sˈɛvənti tˈuː, sˈɛvənti sˈɪks sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən, ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ ˈeɪɾi sˈɛvən, nˈaɪnti sˈɪks, wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd wˈʌn, wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪn, ænd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn.
All students were expected to be familiar with the following poems (approximately 800 lines worth) by Catullus: 1–5, 7–8, 10–13, 14a, 22, 30–31, 35–36, 40, 43–46, 49–51, 60, 64 (lines 50-253), 65, 68 (lines 1-40), 69–70, 72, 76–77, 84–87, 96, 101, 109, and 116.