Font size
WorksheetsMasada I - reading questions
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
ex carcere, ubi captivi custodiebantur, tristes clamores audiebantur.
Best translation of audiebantur:
were heard
are hearing
are being heard
have heard
duae feminae Judaeae, superstites eorum qui contra Romanos rebellaverant, fortunam suam lugebant.
What noun case is eorum?
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
una cum eis in carcere erant quinque liberi, quorum Simon natu maximus solacium matri et aviae ferre temtpabat.
Best meaning of liberi:
children
freedmen
freedom
books
Simon inquit, "mater, cur tu lacrimis opprimeris? noli lugere! decorum est Judaeis fortitudinem in rebus adversis praestare."
What noun case is lacrimis?
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Ablative
"melius erat" mater inquit, "cum patre vestro perire abhinc annos novem. cur tum a morte abhorrui? cur vos servavi?"
What pronoun is the subject of the verbs abhorrui and servavi?
ego
tu
nos
vos
Simon, his verbis commotus, matrem rogavit quo modo periisset pater atque quare rem prius non narravisset. eam oravit ut omnia explicaret. sed tantus erat dolor matris ut primo nihil dicere posset.
What kind of subjunctive clause is underlined?
indirect command
purpose clause
result clause
indirect question
Simon, his verbis commotus, matrem rogavit quo modo periisset pater atque quare rem prius non narravisset. eam oravit ut omnia explicaret. sed tantus erat dolor matris ut primo nihil dicere posset.
What kind of subjunctive clause is underlined?
indirect command
purpose clause
result clause
indirect question
Simon, his verbis commotus, matrem rogavit quo modo periisset pater atque quare rem prius non narravisset. eam oravit ut omnia explicaret. sed tantus erat dolor matris ut primo nihil dicere posset.
What kind of subjunctive clause is underlined?
indirect command
purpose clause
result clause
indirect question
mater inquit, "nos Judaei contra Romanos tres annos pugnare cogebamur. anno quarto iste Beelzebub, Titus, urbem Jerosolymam expugnavit...
When during the rebellion did Titus attack the city?
(a)
"...numquam ego spectaculum terribilius vidi: ubique aedificia flammis consumebantur; ubique viri, feminae, liberi occidebantur; Templum ipsum a militibus diripiebatur; tota urbs evertebatur."
Explain (in English) TWO details that demonstrate the destruction and violence of the Romans' attack on Jerusalem:
"...in illa clade perierunt multa milia Judaeorum; sed nos, quamquam a militibus infestis circumveniebamur, cum circiter mille superstitibus effugimus, duce Eleazaro, ad rupem Masadam processimus; quam ascendimus et occupavimus. tu, Simon, illo tempore vix quinque annos natus eras."
How many survivors fled to the stronghold Masada?
many thousands
about a thousand
five
none survived
"rupes Masada est alta et praerupta, prope lacum Asphaltiten sita. ibi nos, munitionibus undique defensi, Romanis diu resistebamus."
What Latin word indicates how much time the survivors were resisting the Roman attack at Masada?
diu
undique
prope
ibi
"...interea dux hostium, Lucius Flavius Silva, rupem castellis multis circumvenit. deinde milites, iussu Silviae, ingentem aggerem usque ad summam rupem exstruxerunt."
What noun case is hostium?
Nominative
Genitive
Accusative
Ablative
"...postremo aggerem ascenderunt, magnamque partem munitionum igni deleverunt."
How did the Roman soldiers destroy a large portion of the fortifications?
(a)
"tandem, cum nox appropinquaret, Silva milites ad castra reduxit ut proximum diem victoriamque exspectarent."
What tense of the subjunctive are appropinquaret and exspectarent?
present
imperfect
perfect
pluperfect
"tandem, cum nox appropinquaret, Silva milites ad castra reduxit ut proximum diem victoriamque exspectarent."
What type of subjunctive clause is underlined?
indirect question
purpose clause
result clause
indirect command
