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WorksheetsCatullus 85
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
What emotion is stronger based on the order of the first three words of the poem?
Love
Hate
What figure of speech is indicated by the italicized words?
Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.
Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
Anaphora
Chiasmus
Alliteration
What does Quārē mean here?
Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.
Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
Where
Why
When
Perhaps
What is the only verb in a different person from the others?
Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.
Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
Odī
Amō
Faciam
Requīris
Excrucior
Would there be elision here? sentiō et
YES
NO
What verb comes from the Latin noun meaning "cross"?
excrucior
fierī
odī
What word means "perhaps"?
Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.
Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
quārē
fortasse
nesciō
fierī
What part of speech pattern do these lines follow:
ōdī et amō
sentiō et excrucior
noun conjunction noun
noun preposition noun
verb preposition verb
verb conjunction verb
Based on the word "I don't know" found in this poem, write the word "I know."
Odī et amō. Quārē id faciam, fortasse requīris.
Nesciō, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior.
(a)
In many ways this poem is chiastic - shows crossing patterns. This is from the figure of speech chiasmus. What pattern is chiasmus?
ABBA
ABAB
AABB
BBAA
This poem is two lines. What is a two-lined poem called?
epigram
couplet
quartet
duo
Would there be an elision between these two words? id faciam
YES
NO
Do you think it is possible to love and hate at the same time?
YES
NO
