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Book 2 40-56

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When was Vergil born?
a)
70 BCE
b)
50 BCE
c)
30 CE
d)
44 BCE
2.
Where was Vergil born?
a)
Mantua
b)
Sulmo
c)
Verona
d)
Roma
3.
In what meter were all three of Vergil's poems composed?
a)
alcaic strophe
b)
Sapphic strophe
c)
hendecasyllabic
d)
dactylic hexameter
4.
How many books are in the Aeneid?
a)
24
b)
6
c)
12
d)
36
5.
Who was Aeneas's father?
a)
Anchises
b)
Jupiter
c)
Priam
d)
Mars
6.
Who was Aeneas's son?
a)
Iulus
b)
Ascanius
c)
Romulus
d)
Augustus
7.

Why did the war last ten years?

a)

the Trojans had an endless supply of soldiers

b)

the Trojans' walls were impenetrable

c)

Neither side wanted to fight

8.

Where was Aeneas from?

a)

Rome

b)

Greece

c)

Troy

d)

Thrace

9.

stetit illa tremens

a)

she, having been shook, stood

b)

it stood, trembling

c)

With it being stood, it trembled

10.

arx, arcis f.

a)

arch

b)

citadel

c)

arc

11.

magna comitante caterva

a)

passive periphrastic

b)

gerund

c)

ablative absolute

12.

creditis avectos hostes?

a)

Do you believe that the enemies have been carried away?

b)

Have the enemies been carried away?

13.

creditis avectos hostes?

a)

Ablative absolute

b)

Indirect statement

c)

passive periphrastic

d)

supine

14.

staret

a)

imperfect indicative

b)

imperfect subjunctive

c)

poetic command

d)

gerund

15.

validis ingentem viribus hastam

a)

synchesis (ABAB)

b)

chiasmus (ABBA)

c)

anastrophe

d)

apostrophe

16.

dolus, doli m.

a)

dole

b)

trick

c)

game

d)

horse

17.

gemitus, gemiti m.

a)

gem

b)

groan

c)

twin

d)

crowd

18.

inspectura

a)

present active participle

b)

perfect passive participle

c)

future active participle

19.

fatus

a)

having spoken

b)

about to speak

c)

speaking

20.

To whom is Aeneas recounting the tale of the Trojan war?

a)

Juno

b)

Venus

c)

Dido

d)

Anchises