Aeneid short quiz

Tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis

insinuat pavor, et scelus expendisse merentem

Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur

laeserit, et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.

• present active infinitive

• perfect active infinitive

• perfect passive infinitive

• 3rd person plural perfect active

Tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis

insinuat pavor, et scelus expendisse merentem

Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur

laeserit, et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.

• nominative

• accusative

• genitive

• dative

cerno, cernere, crevi, cretus

• to rage, rave, be frantic

• to burn; be eager

• to discern, perceive 

• to convey, carry 

arvum, -i (n)

• sea

• field

• cave

• food

In the line "Tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis," what is the grammatical function of the word "novus"?

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

Identify the case and number of the noun modified by the adjective "sceleratam" in the line "et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam."

• accusative singular

• nominative plural

• genitive plural

• dative plural

What is the tense and mood of the verb "laeserit" in the line "laeserit, et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam"?

• perfect indicative

• future indicative

• present indicative

• perfect subjunctive

"Then indeed a new fear, having trembled through all hearts, creeps in, and they say that Laocoön, deserving, committed a crime, he who, with the sacred spear, wounded the oak, and hurled the accursed spear into the back."

• intorserit hastam

• et scelus expendisse merentem Laocoonta ferunt

• sacrum qui cuspide robur laeserit

• per pectora

If someone is described as "infelix," what does it mean?

• 1. Uncivilized

• 1. Happy

• 1. Ill-fated

• 1. Eager

1. What is the English equivalent of "equidem"?

• 1. Till now

• 1. Openly

• 1. Equally

• 1. Certainly