Catullus 85

What emotion is stronger based on the order of the first three words of the poem?

• Love

• Hate

What figure of speech is indicated by the italicized words?

Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.

Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.

• Anaphora

• Chiasmus

• Alliteration

What does Quārē mean here?

Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.

Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.

• Where

• Why

• When

• Perhaps

What is the only verb in a different person from the others?

Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.

Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.

• Odī

• Amō

• Faciam

• Requīris

• Excrucior

Would there be elision here? sentiō et

• YES

• NO

What verb comes from the Latin noun meaning "cross"?

• excrucior

• fierī

• odī

What word means "perhaps"?

Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.

Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.

• quārē

• fortasse

• nesciō

• fierī

What part of speech pattern do these lines follow:

ōdī et amō

sentiō et excrucior

• noun conjunction noun

• noun preposition noun

• verb preposition verb

• verb conjunction verb

Based on the word "I don't know" found in this poem, write the word "I know."

Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.

Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.

In many ways this poem is chiastic - shows crossing patterns. This is from the figure of speech chiasmus. What pattern is chiasmus?

• ABBA

• ABAB

• AABB

• BBAA