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Deucalion & Pyrrha 5-6

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the scansion of this line?

Nulla mora est; adeunt pariter Cephisidăs undās

a)

DDDSDS

b)

DSDSDS

c)

SSDSDS

d)

SDDSDS

2.

What is the scansion for this line?

Dixerat, et flebant. Placuit caeleste precari

a)

DSDSDS

b)

SSDDDS

c)

SDSDDS

d)

DDDSDS

3.

What figure of speech can be found in these lines?

Haec quoque adhuc vitae non est fiducia nostrae

certa satis; terrent etiamnum nubila mentem.

a)

Synchesis

b)

Chiasmus

c)

Anaphora

d)

Praeteritio

4.

What figure of speech can be found in these lines?

Quis tibi, si sine me fatis erepta fuisses,

nunc animus, miseranda, foret? Quo sola timorem

ferre modo posses? Quo consolante doleres?

a)

Tricolon

b)

Anaphora

c)

Rhetorical Question

d)

All the Above

5.

What do we learn from these lines?

Haec quoque adhuc vitae non est fiducia nostrae

certa satis; terrent etiamnum nubila mentem.

a)

Deucalion does not feel safe

b)

Deucalion cannot find his wife

c)

It is still raining heavily

d)

There is no land visible

6.

What do we learn from these lines?

Namque ego, crede mihi, si te quoque pontus haberet,

te sequerer, coniunx, et me quoque pontus haberet.

a)

Deucalion refused to live without his wife

b)

Pyrrha drowned in the sea

c)

Deucalion & Pyrrha are lost at sea

d)

Deucalion drowned in the sea

7.

Identify the subjunctive use:

O utinam possim populos reparare paternis

artibus atque animas formatae infundere terrae!

a)

Optative

b)

Potential

c)

Purpose Clause

d)

Relative Clause

8.

To whom do these lines allude?

O utinam possim populos reparare paternis

artibus atque animas formatae infundere terrae!

a)

Prometheus

b)

Cronus

c)

Zeus

d)

Daedalus

9.

"restat", "visum (est)" and "placuit" are all examples of...

a)

Syncopated Forms

b)

Deponent Verbs

c)

Impersonal Verbs

d)

Gerundives

10.

Nulla mora est; adeunt pariter Cephisidăs undās,

ut nondum liquidas, sic iam vada nota secantes.

From these lines we learn that Cephisus is...

a)

a river

b)

a mountain

c)

a human

d)

a nymph

11.

Inde ubi libatos inroravere liquores

vestibus et capiti, flectunt vestigia sanctae

ad delubra deae, quorum fastigia turpi

pallebant musco stabantque sine ignibus arae.

From these lines we learn that Deucalion & Pyrrha are preparing to...

a)

wash their clothes

b)

address the goddess

c)

drink libations

d)

build a new house