Ecce Romani 18 Reading Comprehension

Where was the carriage stuck?

• in fossa

• in via

• in caupona

• in caupo

Who was Cornelia doing with Eucleides?

• talking

• walking

• crying

• arguing

Why was Cornelius calling back the boys?

• they were hurting Cornelia

• they were stuck, much like the carriage

• they were running ahead

• they were fighting with each other

Whom did the Cornelius family see just as they were approaching the inn?

• caupo

• homines

• neminem (Eminem's arch nemesis?)

• pueri

What members of the Cornelius family are afraid of the dogs? Check all that apply.

• That coward Sextus

• Cornelius

• Aurelia

• Cornelia

How do they know the dogs are happy and not dangerous?

• Ferociter latrant!

• Caudas movent.

• Est periculum.

• Canes revocavit.

What kind of man appeared at the doorway of the inn?

• ianuam

• cauponae

• homo

• obesus

Who once spent a night in the inn?

• legatus

• miles

• principis

• hospitis

What is the relationship between Eucleides and Apollodorus?

• Father and son

• Former lovers

• Friends

• Esteemed colleagues

What is a good paraphrase for what the innkeeper says to Eucleides at the end of the story?

• Get the hell outta here, you elitist Roman jerks!

• Be our guest! Be our guest! (you know, like the song)

• Ugh, fine. You can stay, I guess.

• If you bother me at home again, I'm going to send out the attack dogs.