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WorksheetsPetronius - Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the narrator of the story?
a)
Trimalchio
b)
Encolpius
c)
Maecenas
d)
Croesus
2.
What is the name of the expensive wine that Trimalchio let his slaves drink?
a)
Croesian
b)
Maecenan
c)
Ascyltian
d)
Falernian
3.
What is the form of coisse?
a)
perfect active infintive
b)
perfect active participle
c)
present passive infinitive
d)
present passive participle
4.
What is the form of supponi?
a)
perfect active infinitive
b)
perfect passive infinitive
c)
present passive infinitive
d)
present active infinitive
5.
Which seat does Trimalchio mistake for being the best seat for the host?
a)
imus in summo
b)
summus in imo
c)
imus in imo
d)
summus in summo
6.
What case is used in direct address?
a)
vocative
b)
locative
c)
nominative
d)
dative
7.
What is the form of eruta?
a)
present active participle
b)
perfect passive participle
c)
perfect active participle
d)
present passive participle
8.
What do the slaves do while removing the hangnails from the guest's feet?
a)
whistle
b)
snap
c)
hum
d)
sing
9.
Which god is NOT mentioned among those who Trimalchio specifically honors?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Minerva
d)
Mercury
10.
What is patentibus in orbem alīs an example of?
a)
dative of purpose
b)
ablative of manner
c)
ablative absolute
d)
dative indirect object
11.
Which of the following is the nominative?
a)
Trimalchio
b)
Trimalchius
c)
Trimalchionus
d)
Trimalchiō
12.
How were the dormice seasoned?
a)
plums & pomegranate seeds
b)
salt and pepper
c)
golden flakes
d)
honey and poppy seeds
13.
What was Trimalchio doing immediately before dinner?
a)
playing trigon
b)
playing a board game
c)
playing with eunuch's hair
d)
playing small flutes
14.
Who was Maecenas?
a)
former owner of Trimalchio
b)
the other narrator
c)
the author of the 'Satyricon'
d)
cultural adviser to Augustus
15.
What food was almost always served during the gustatio course?
a)
eggs
b)
apples
c)
cheese
d)
soup
16.
Who/what greeted people entering Trimalchio's house?
a)
an ugly slave named Croesus
b)
a ferocious dog
c)
a slave girl named Magpie
d)
a talking bird
17.
What does CAVE CANEM mean?
a)
Watch your step!
b)
Beware of the dog!
c)
Right foot first!
d)
Beware of bad luck!
18.
What was special about the dish that held the olives?
a)
it was made of gold
b)
it was shaped like a donkey
c)
it was shaped like a bridge
d)
it was actually full of dormice that LOOKED like olives
19.
What type of eggs did Trimalchio make his "trick" eggs look like?
a)
hen eggs
b)
ostrich eggs
c)
platypus eggs
d)
peacock eggs
20.
Give the form of iussi
a)
perfect active infinitive
b)
1/s/perf
c)
2/s/pres
d)
present active participle
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