WorksheetsLaocoon
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which does NOT describe the snakes that attack Laocoon and his sons?
tranquilla per alta
immensis orbibus
gemini...anques
pectora arrecta
What do the snakes attack? (Choose all that apply)
Laocoonta
exsanques
parva corpora natorum
amplexus
As he is dying, to what is Laocoon compared?
serpentes
saucius taurus
securim
anques
Where do the snakes go after they have done their dirty deeds? (pick all that apply)
ad summa delubra
Tritonidis arcem
sub pedibus deae
clipeique sub orbe
"Laocoon, ductus Neptune sorte sacerdos" What does "ductus modify?
Laocoon
Neptuno
sorte
sacerdos
"sollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras" What was Laocoon doing?
singing a song
sacrificing at the altar
warning the Trojans about the horse
throwing a spear
"Ecce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta" How is the "alta" described?
annual
tranquil
solemn
look
"horresco referens - immensis orbibus angues incumbunt pelago" How do the snakes move?
they sink
they float above the water
they swim
they lean on the waves
immensibus orbibus is best translated
by huge coils
with huge coils
because of huge coils
huge coils
"ardentisque oculos suffecti sanguine et igni" with what are the eyes of the snake filled?
fire and water
wind and fire
blood and fire
blood and anger
"iamque arva tenebant ardentisque" wh
they held the fields
they arrive upon the fields
they arrive
they have a field
"sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora" what does "ora" mean?
tongue
mouth
teeth
eyes
"sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora" What poetic device is "vibrantibus"
asyndeton
chiasmus
onomatopoeia
alliteration
"implicat et miseros morsu depascitur artus" What poetic device do you see?
alliteration
asyndeton
onomatopoeia
chiasmus
"perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno clamores" what color is the venom
peach
yellow
green
black
"perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno" what is soaked?
headband
arms
chest plate
the black venom
"clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit." Where do the shouts go?
off to the side
a horrendous place
the stars
Samos (Juno's 2nd favorite place)
