Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta, SS. I-II

[S1&2] Let's start with an easy one. What is the tense of most of the main verbs in these sentences?

• present
• imperfect
• future
• perfect
• pluperfect

Okay: Sententia I. What role is INGENI playing?

• subject
• possessor
• indirect object
• direct object
• instrument / object of a preposition

[S1] What noun or pronoun in the sentence does INGENI "possess?"

• quid
• me
• iudices
• exercitatio
• ratio

[S1] What is EXIGUUM the predicate adjective for? (HINT: remember adjectives have to match in gender!)

• quid
• me
• iudices
• exercitatio
• ratio

[S1] What role is DICENDI playing?

• subject
• possessor
• indirect object
• direct object
• instrument / object of a preposition

[S1] What noun or pronoun in the sentence does DICENDI "possess?"

• quid
• me
• iudices
• exercitatio
• ratio

[S1] What is HUIUSCE modifying?

• rei
• ratio
• dicendi
• infitior
• exercitatio

[S1] Pick the voice AND tense of the infinitive VERSATUM ESSE.

• present
• perfect
• future
• active
• passive

[S1] Pick the person AND number of the verb INFITIOR.

• first
• second
• third
• singular
• plural

[S1] Now, if I tell you that the subject of VERSATUM ESSE is ME, why is that?

• because Cicero felt like it
• because it sounds better that way
• because it's an indirect statement
• because the subject of INFITIOR has to be in the accusative
• because MEDIOCRITER requires it