MCQ

Question 1

In line 3, alto is translated

Answer 1

sea

Question 2

In line 2, -que connects

Answer 2

Italiam (line 2) and litora (line 3)

Question 3

A stylistic device found in line 4 (vi . . . iram) is

Answer 3

transferred epithet

Question 4

The case and number of multa (line 5) are

Answer 4

accusative plural

Question 5

In line 5, dum conderet is translated

Answer 5

until he might establish

Question 6

The metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 7 (Albanique . . . Romae) is

Answer 6

spondee-dactyl-spondee-spondee

Question 7

In lines 1-7 (Arma . . . Romae), the poet

Answer 7

introduces a main character

Question 8

In line 11, animis caelestibus is

Answer 8

dative of possession

Question 9

In lines 8-11 (Musa . . . irae), the poet asks for an account of

Answer 9

Juno’s motivations

Question 10

A characteristic of epic poetry featured in the passage is

Answer 10

invocation of the Muse

Question 11

Book 12 of the Aeneid depicts Aeneas engaged in war against

Answer 11

Rutulians

Question 12

The subject of volvere (line 9) is

Answer 12

virum

Question 13

In lines 1-3 (Interea . . . commotus), Neptune is described as

Answer 13

disturbed

Question 14

The direct object of latuere (line 7) is

Answer 14

fratrem (line 7)

Question 15

A characteristic of epic illustrated in the passage is

Question 16

The case of irae (line 7) is

Question 17

From lines 5-6 (Disiectam . . . ruina) we learn that the Trojans were

Question 18

The metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 2 is

Question 19

In line 8, se is translated

Question 20

A stylistic device that occurs in line 1 (interea . . . pontum) is

Question 21

In line 4, summa unda is translated

Question 22

What is Aeneas marveling at in line 4 ?

Question 23

The form of Corripuere (line 1) is

Question 24

How many elisions are there in line 1 (Corripuere . . . monstrat) ?

Question 25

What meter was used for epic poetry?

Question 26

The verb imminet (line 3) occurs in

Question 27

A literary patron of the Augustan poets in the first century B.C. was

Question 28

The name of the main street in the Roman Forum that began at the Colosseum and continued to the top of the Capitoline Hill is

Question 29

The metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 3 (imminet . . . arces) is

Question 30

In line 5, portas is translated

Question 31

The case and number of strata (line 5) are

Question 32

A stylistic device found in lines 4-5 (Miratur . . . viarum) is

Question 33

What temple was built on the Capitoline Hill in Rome?

Question 34

According to ancient Roman tradition, the founder of Rome was