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Quiz

What person, number, tense, voice, and mood is the verb tolluntur in? (line 111).

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a. third-person plural present passive indicative

b. Third-person singular future passive subjunctive 

c. Second person plural present passive indicative

d. Third- person plural perfect passive indicative

 

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Which of the the following best describes the word Territus? (line 115).

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a. A participle

b. A gerund

c. A subjunctive verb

d. A noun

 

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What type of participle is educta? (line 113)

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a. Perfect active

b. Present active

c. Present active

d. Perfect passive

 

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Which of the following modifies the word tegmina? (line 108)

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a. NÅ«tantia

b. Picto 

c. Capitum

d. Cono

 

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What case and number is the word hoste? (line 115)

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a. Dative plural

b. Nominative singular

c. Genitive singular

d. Ablative singular

 

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What does pallas (Athena) order when she arrives? (line 102)

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a. She orders Cadmus to kill the viper

b. She orders for Cadmus to be dead by sundown

c. She orders the teeth pertaining to the viper to be sowed

d. She orders the teeth or Cadmus to be sowed by the viper

 

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How does pallas arrive?

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a. She rises from the ground

b. She descends from the sky 

c. She runs towards cadmus and the serpent heroically

d. She doesn’t arrive in this section of the story

 

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Who is Cadmus the son of?

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a. Europa

b. Agenor

c. The Serpent

d. Athena

 

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What is the meter of line 95?

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a. DSDSSD

b. SDSSDS

c. DDSSDS

d. DSSSDS

 

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What case and number is the word virorum? (line 110)

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a. Dative plural

b. Ablative plural

c. Genitive plural 

d. Vocative singular

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What person, number, tense, voice, and mood is the verb spectabere? (line 98).

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a. third-person plural present passive indicative

b. second-person singular future passive indicative

c. Second person plural present passive indicative

d. Third- person plural perfect passive indicative

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What prophecy does Cadmus hear after killing the serpent?

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a. He is told that his sister has died

b. He is told that he will found a prosperous city

c. He is told that he, too, will some day be a serpent.

d. He is told that he must sow the dragons teeth, or he will be sent to the underworld.

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Answer key: AADADCBBDCBC

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