WorksheetsAeneid: Book IV.345-361; IV.659-671
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Prior to Aeneas' defense for leaving, which of the following was a worry of Dido?
That Rome would rise against her
That Iarbas would come to kidnap + marry her
That her child would hate her
That Aeneas will marry some other woman
Why were the eyes of Aeneas unmoving "lumina immota"?
Because he feels nothing
Because he remembers the commands of Jupiter
Because he went blind
Because he wanted to maintain eye contact
Which of the following lines of Latin show that Aeneas did actually feel bad for Dido
immota lumina tenebat
quae plurima fando enumerare vales
curam sub corde premebat
nec me meminisse pigebit Elissa
What is another way that Aeneas could say this line: "dum memor ipse meī, dum spīritus hōs rēgit artūs"
As long as you're mine
As long as the holy spirit moves me
As long as there is breath in my body
And I will always love you
What rhetorical device do we see with these lines:
prōmeritam, nec mē meminisse pigēbit Elissae
dum memor ipse meī, dum spīritus hōs rēgit artūs.
Assonance
Polysyndeton
Chiasmus
Consonance
What kind of statement is introduced by the phrase "pro re"?
A relative clause
An indirect statement
A legal defense
Relative Clause of charactistic
What kind of verb is paterentur?
Active verb - Would suffer/allow
Passive verb - would be suffered/allowed
Deponent Verb - would suffer/allow
What does Gryneus Apollo represent?
Metonymy - The Oracle
Synechdoche - The harp
Litotes - Not Gray-haired Apollo
Hyperbole - Most prophet-y prophet man
Why would there be no envy for Dido?
She's already got a husband
She's already got a kid
She's already got her own gods
She's already got her own kingdom (queendom?)
Who, other than Mercury, warns Aeneas about founding Rome, according to Aeneas, as often as the night places dew on the ground
The ghost of Hector
The ghost of Anchises
The ghost of Ascanius
The ghost of Achates
How do you translate the jussive subjunctive: hauriat hunc ignem
Let him take in this fire
He should take in this fire
He does take in this fire
He would take in this fire
Which goddess makes a not-so triumphant return?
Juno
Iris
Venus
Fama
What act does Dido begin her suicide with?
Building her own pyre
Cursing Aeneas
Stabbing herself with a sword
