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WorksheetsCatullus - the snark poems
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 27mins
This poem is dedicated to Nepos, a famed Roman
Corneli, tibi...cum ausus es unus Italorum omne aevum tribus explicare cartis
poet
philosopher
historian
orator
Cui dono lepidum novum libellumarida modo pumice expolitum?
perfect passive participle
gerund
present active participle
supine
tu solebas meas esse aliquid putare nugas.
you were accustomed to think that they were
you were accustomed to think that they are
you will be accustomed to think that they are
you were accustomed to think them to be
What does Catullus imply about Nepos' writing here?
Doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis!
it is really boring
it is not well researched
it is over-wrought
it is too sanctimonious
Whom is Catullus most likely invoking here?
o patrona virgo
Minerva - goddess of wisdom
Thalia - Muse of comedy
Calliope - Muse of epic
Euterpe - Muse of lyric poetry
plus uno maneat perenne saeclo!
so that it may remain more than one age
let it remain more age than one
so that it remained more age than one
I desire that it remain more than one age
manu sinistra non belle uteris
adjective - pretty
adverb - prettily
noun - in war
imperative - fight!
vocative - Beauty!
How has Asinius Marrucinus upset Catullus?
tollis lintea neglegentiorum.
asked to borrow money
stepped out with his boyfriend
insulted Catullus' poetry
stolen from him
This refers to
Hoc salsum esse putas?
wealth
wit
sodium
grit
What literary device is seen here?
Non credis mihi?
hyperbaton - really messed up word order (even for a Roman poet!)
rhetorical question - asking a question not expecting a response
litotes - saying something by negating its opposite
chiasmus - ABBA word order
What does Pollionus, brother of Asinius Marrucinus want?
fratri, qui tua furta vel talento mutari velit
for his brother to pay Catullus back
to have his brother arrested
to take all his brother's money
to buy his brother's way out of trouble
What does Catullus threaten to send if his napkin is not returned?
Quare aut hendecasyllabos trecentosexspecta, aut mihi linteum remitte,
dis poetry
the authorities
a hired thug
a strongly worded letter
Leonidas of Sparta
quod me non movet aestimatione,
because I am not moved by their value
whose value
doesn’t disturb me
which do not move me because of their value
that doesn't affect my assessment
miserunt mihi muneri
double dative
dative possession
dative indirect object
dative of agent
What has really got Catullus' proverbial goat?
haec amem necesse estut Veraniolum meum et Fabullum
that Fabullus and Veranius no longer love him
that was a REALLY NICE napkin
the napkin was a cherished souvenir
that Asinius Marrucinus would steal from him
Ablative
Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus,
time when
time within which
absolute
comparison
More ablative, joy!
si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam
agent
accompaniment
means
cause
What literary device is seen here?
et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis
polysyndeton
asyndeton
What is the implication of this statement?
nam tui Catulli plenus sacculus est aranearum
Catullus hates Fabullus
Catullus is broke
Catullus plans on tricking Fabullus
Fabullus is just after Catullus for his money
Sed contra accipies meros amores
in return
against
opposite
otherwise
quid suavius elegantiusve est
positive - sweet and fine
comparative - sweeter and finer
superlative - sweetest and finest
adverb - sweetly and fine
quod tu cum olfacies
causal - because
circumstantial - when
concessive - although
accompaniment - with
deos rogabis totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum
indirect command
indirect question
purpose clause
conditional
Which literary devices is NOT seen here?
nec minimo puella nasonec bello pede nec nigris ocellisnec longis digitis nec ore sicconec sane nimis elegante lingua
anaphora - repetition of a word
polysyndeton - excessive conjunctions
litotes - saying something by negating its opposite
anastrophe - inversion of two words
nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua.
ablative description
ablative manner
ablative specification
genitive description
What literary device is seen here?
Decoctoris amica Formiani
tmesis - breaking off of word or phrase into two
apostrophe - addressing someone not there
prolepsis - foreshadowing (the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does)
metonymy - one thing standing in for another
What literary device is here?
O saeclum insapiens et infacetum!
apostrophe - addressing someone/something not there
rhetorical question
personification
hyperbole - dramatic exaggeration
In this poem, Catullus is addressing Rome's most famed
Disertissime Romuli nepotum,quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,
orator
historian
epic poet
king
Select all that apply:
Disertissime Romuli nepotum
vocative
ablative
adverb
superlative
imperative
quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,quotque post aliis erunt in annis,
alliteration - repetition of consonant
assonance - the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong
anaphora - repetion of word or phrase
apostrophe - addressing someone/something not there
What tenses of sum show up here?
quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,quotque post aliis erunt in annis
perfect
future
imperfect
present
quot sunt quotque fuere
syncopated (shortened) form of fuerunt
ablative noun
imperative
infinitive
Noli admirari
I don't wonder
don't wonder
I don't want to be admired
don't be admired
Noli admirari quare tibi femina nulla,Rufe, velit tenerum supposuisse femur
indirect question
indirect command
indirect statement
Which does Rufus try to use to charm the ladies?
non si illam rarae labefactes munere vestis aut perluciduli deliciis lapidis
jewels
wit
clothing
money
si illam rarae labefactes munere vestis
labefactō , labefactāre, labefactāvī, labefactātum; first conjugation
future less vivid conditional
present conditional
Having a goat represent the stink of Rufus' armpit is a literary device called
valle sub alarum trux habitare caper
metonomy
polysyndeton
litotes
apostrophe
Catullus' advice is to
quare aut crudelem nasorum interfice pestem,aut admirari desine cur fugiant
take a bath or stop wondering why girls don't like you
try to buy a girlfriend who doesn't mind the stink
make a goat his girlfriend
embrace his odor and stay alone
How would Arrius pronouns eggs (In English)?
Chommoda dicebat, si quando commoda velletdicere, et insidias Arrius hinsidias
(a)
Not repeating the dicebat, si quando vellet dicere but instead implying it is the literary device
et insidias Arrius hinsidias,
ellipsis
elision
asyndeton
assonance
Using a reflexive in an indirect statement means * is the one speaking well
et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum
some other dude
Arrius himself
The inversion of locutum and esse is
et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum
anastrophe
asyndeton
hyperbaton
simile
Chommoda dicebat, si quando commoda vellet dicere, et insidias Arrius hinsidias
chiasmus
ABBA
synchysis
ABAB
Which "snark" poem did you like best and why?
