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Syntax Quiz

I. What is the scansion meter in line 234?

  1. DDSDSS

  2. SDSSDS

  3. SSDSDS

  4. SSDDDS

 

II. Please PARSE obstipuit on line 219

  1. Third person singular perfect active indicative

  1. First person plural perfect passive indicative

  2. Second person singular present active subjunctive

  3. Third person plural pluperfect active indicative

 

III. What subjunctive clause is in line 219?

  1. Purpose

  2. Indirect Question

  3. Relative of Characteristic

  4. Relative of Causal

 

IV. What is the subject in line 210?

  1. genae

  2. senīlīs

  3. opus

  4. Monitūsque

 

V. What is the interlocking word order from ōra (229) to aquā (230)?

  1. ABABAB

  2. AABBAA

  3. ABCABC

  4. ABCACB

 

VI. What is the case and case use of natī on line 216?

  1. Ablative of means

  2. Nominative Subject

  3. Dative Indirect Object

  4. Genitive of Possesion

 

VII. In line 235, what does the land get named?

  1. Alis (wings)

  2. Icarus

  3. Daedalus

  4. Paros

 

VIII. What poetic device is present in lines 232-233?

  1. Anaphora

  2. Metaphor

  3. Simile

  4. Alliteration

 

IX. Out of these lines from the passage, which has a separate meter from the others? 

  1. Line 221

  2. Line 222

  3. Line 231

  4. Line 232

 

X. Which is the only line from in this selection that does NOT have an elision?

  1. Line 201

  2. Line 204

  3. Line 220

  4. Line 232

Answer Key:

I. 3

II. 1

III. 4

IV. 1

V. 4

VI. 4

VII. 2

VIII. 1

IX. 3

X. 3

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