Catulli Carmen V

[V1-3] What tense are VIVAMUS, AMEMUS and AESTIMEMUS?

• present
• imperfect
• perfect
• pluperfect

[V1-3] What person and number are VIVAMUS, AMEMUS and AESTIMEMUS?

• first
• second
• third
• singular
• plural

[V1-3] What use of the subjunctive are VIVAMUS, AMEMUS and AESTIMEMUS? (Think about the fact that it's "us.")

• volitive hortatory
• volitive jussive
• potential
• optative
• deliberative

[V1-3] As a result, what's the best way to translate VIVAMUS, AMEMUS, and AESTIMEMUS?

• let us live / love / value

• we may live / love / value

• may we live / love / value

• shall we live / love / value?

[V1-3] To whom are these verbs—VIVAMUS, AMEMUS, AESTIMEMUS—addressed?

• Lesbia

• Catullus

• the old men

• the gods

[V1-3] What role is RUMORES . . . OMNES playing?

• subject / PN / PA
• possessor
• indirect object
• direct object
• instrument

[V1-3] What role is SENUM SEVERIORUM playing?

• subject / PN / PA
• possessor
• indirect object
• direct object
• instrument

[V1-3] What role is UNIUS ASSIS playing?

• subject / PN / PA
• possessor
• indirect object
• direct object
• instrument

Catullus is saying that he considers the RUMORES SENUM SEVERIORUM to be . . .

• of no value

• important

• disgusting

• pleasant

[V1-3] Let's read that again: RUMORESQUE SENUM SEVERIORUM OMNES UNIUS AESTIMEMUS ASSIS. What literary figure do we have here?

• anaphora

• alliteration

• polysyndeton

• diacope

• antimetabole