Virgil Book 12 (614-627)

interea extremo bellator in aequore Turnus palantis sequitur: where is Turnus fighting?

• In the middle of the plain

• On the edge of the plain

• Near the city

Interea extremo bellator in aequore Turnus palantis sequitur paucos iam segnior: what is Turnus doing?

• Pursuing Aeneas

• Pursuing Greeks

• Pursuing Italians

• Pursuing Trojans

iam minus atque minus successu laetus equorum: what is Turnus' mood?

• Happy

• Less happy

• Angry

• Worried

attulit hunc illi caecis terroribus aura

commixtum clamorem: what does Turnus hear?

• Shouting

• Screaming

• Cheering

• Applause

arrectasque impulit auris: how are Turnus' ears described?

• Pricked up

• Hairy

• Bent backwards

• Bent forwards

confusae sonus urbis et inlaetabile murmur: how is the city described?

• Joyless

• Joyful

• Confused

'ei mihi! quid tanto turbantur moenia luctu: what literary device can you spot here?

• Onomatopoeia

• Enjambement

• Alliteration

• Hyperbaton

quisve ruit tantus diversa clamor ab urbe: what is being described as 'great'?

• The shouting

• The rushing

• The city

• Turnus

adductisque amens subsistit habenis: how are the reins described here?

• Loosened

• Straight

• Tightened

• Wavy

hac, Turne, sequamur Troiugenas, qua prima viam victoria pandit; sunt alii qui tecta manu defendere possint: what tense are the verbs here?

• Present

• Perfect

• Future

• Imperfect