Haunted House-Extract 3 (1-5)

Question 1

what is a philosopher?

Answer 1

someone who studies the fundamental questions about the world and ourselves in seek of an answer

Question 2

what present tense verbs does Pliny use in Extract 3?

Answer 2

-‘legit’ = reads
-‘conducit’ = rents
-‘docetur’ = tells

Question 3

why is Athenodorous suspicious of the house in Extract 3?

Answer 3

‘quia suspecta vilitas’, its cheapness makes him suspicious

Question 4

what work does Pliny use to change the scene of the story in Extract 3?

Answer 4

‘advesperascere’ - to grow dark, this changes the scene to a spooky, night time theme

Question 5

what does Pliny do in the house in extract 3?

Answer 5

-he orders couches to be placed in the front of the house for him: ‘iubet sterni sibi in prima domus parte’,
-he asks for his wax tablets, his pen, and a light: ‘poscit pugillares stilum lumen’,
-he sends all his servents further inside: ‘suos omnes in interiora dimittit’

Question 6

how does Pliny stop himself from imagining things in Extract 3?

Answer 6

he concentrates his mind, his eyes, and his hand to writing: ‘ipse ad scribendum animum oculos manum intendit’

Question 7

what is the tricolon Pliny uses in extract 3?

Answer 7

mind, eyes, hand - ‘mens, oculus, manus’