Workbook 28h: In the Kitchen Reading Comprehension

Match the following glossed terms from the passage "In the Kitchen" with their definitions.

• happy, lucky

• nuper

• hill

• collis, collis, m.

• recently

• antehac

• previously

• felix, felicis

Match the following glossed terms from the passage "In the Kitchen" with their definitions.

• vegetable

• holus, holeris, n.

• guest

• conviva, convivae, f.

• to buy

• emo, emere, emi, emptus

Which of the following is true about Elissa?

• She is a new slave in the household

• She is careless

• She is working in the bedroom

• She is working alone

Organize these statements about the excerpt based on whether they are true or false.

Groups:

(a) verum

,

(b) falsum

• The family the slaves care for suddenly returned to the city.

• Elissa previously worked outside the city.

• Elissa was miserable in her previous household.

• Syra believes Elissa is unlucky now that she works for Cornelius.

• The house where she worked before did not have many slaves.

• The slaves do not think Cornelius' family is a good one.

Which statements apply to which boys?

Groups:

(a) Marcus

,

(b) Sextus

,

(c) Both

• Father in Asia

• Son of Cornelius

• Guest of Cornelius

• There is a lot in the city he hasn't seen before.

• Always hungry

• Very good

• Active

Put the translations in order.

• They will buy dormice and many other things.

• Why are all working strenuously?

• What is the name of the girl, whom I saw on the sedan chair? Why did she depart with her mother?

• Cornelia is the daughter or Aurelia, with whom she went to the shops.

• For what reason will they buy dormice? For what reason is there such an uproar in the house?

​ (a)   a worried Phrygia ​ (b)   , who had heard ​ (c)   ​

• Suddenly
• entered
• everything.
• burst in
• talking
• nothing
• finally

Which statements are true, and which are false?

Groups:

(a) verum

,

(b) falsum

• Syra and Elissa need to clean the kitchen.

• Aurelia will not mind if the slave women work slowly.

• Anna needs to prepare the vegetables

• The guests will arrive in two days.

• The slaves need to cook food and prepare the house.

• Cornelius invited friends over for dinner.