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Syntax Quiz

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Quiz

  1. What kind of participle is interitura in line 306?

    1. Perfect passive

    2. Future active

    3. Present active

    4. Future passive

  2. What is the poetic device in lines 307-308?

    1. Anaphora

    2. Zeugma

    3. Synchysis 

    4. Metaphor

  3. What is the scansion of line 320?

    1. DDDS

    2. SDSD

    3. DSSD

    4. SSSS

  4. What is the tense of the verb videri in line 322?

    1. Future

    2. Pluperfect

    3. Perfect

    4. Present

  5. When is the caesura on line 321?

    1. Early

    2. Late

    3. Normal

    4. No caesura

  6. What type of ablative is procul a patria in line 323?

    1. Separation

    2. Place from which

    3. Ablative absolute

    4. Ablative of means

  7. What did Ovid compare Phaethon to in lines 320-22?

    1. A comet

    2. A tree

    3. A pig

    4. A river

  8. What does Hic situs est in line 327, the common tombstone inscription, translate to?

    1. Rest in peace

    2. In loving memory

    3. Here lies

    4. Reunited at last

  9. What is the scansion of line 333?

    1. DDDD

    2. DSSS

    3. SSSS

    4. DSDS

  10.  Why was there no sun on the day after Phaethon died?

    1. Apollo’s sadness overtook him for a day 

    2. The chariot of the sun had been destroyed

    3. The earth needed a day with no sun to heal

    4. The horses were exhausted from their ride with Phaethon

Answers

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. d

5. a

6. b

7. a

8. c

9. b

10. a

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