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Catullus - the snark poems

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This poem is dedicated to Nepos, a famed Roman

Corneli, tibi...cum ausus es unus Italorum omne aevum tribus explicare cartis

a)

poet

b)

philosopher

c)

historian

d)

orator

2.

Cui dono lepidum novum libellumarida modo pumice expolitum?

a)

perfect passive participle

b)

gerund

c)

present active participle

d)

supine

3.

tu solebas meas esse aliquid putare nugas.

a)

you were accustomed to think that they were

b)

you were accustomed to think that they are

c)

you will be accustomed to think that they are

d)

you were accustomed to think them to be

4.

What does Catullus imply about Nepos' writing here?

Doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis!

a)

it is really boring

b)

it is not well researched

c)

it is over-wrought

d)

it is too sanctimonious

5.

Whom is Catullus most likely invoking here?

o patrona virgo

a)

Minerva - goddess of wisdom

b)

Thalia - Muse of comedy

c)

Calliope - Muse of epic

d)

Euterpe - Muse of lyric poetry

6.

plus uno maneat perenne saeclo!

a)

so that it may remain more than one age

b)

let it remain more age than one

c)

so that it remained more age than one

d)

I desire that it remain more than one age

7.

manu sinistra non belle uteris

a)

adjective - pretty

b)

adverb - prettily

c)

noun - in war

d)

imperative - fight!

e)

vocative - Beauty!

8.

How has Asinius Marrucinus upset Catullus?

tollis lintea neglegentiorum.

a)

asked to borrow money

b)

stepped out with his boyfriend

c)

insulted Catullus' poetry

d)

stolen from him

9.

This refers to

Hoc salsum esse putas?

a)

wealth

b)

wit

c)

sodium

d)

grit

10.

What literary device is seen here?

Non credis mihi?

a)

hyperbaton - really messed up word order (even for a Roman poet!)

b)

rhetorical question - asking a question not expecting a response

c)

litotes - saying something by negating its opposite

d)

chiasmus - ABBA word order

11.

What does Pollionus, brother of Asinius Marrucinus want?

fratri, qui tua furta vel talento mutari velit

a)

for his brother to pay Catullus back

b)

to have his brother arrested

c)

to take all his brother's money

d)

to buy his brother's way out of trouble

12.

What does Catullus threaten to send if his napkin is not returned?

Quare aut hendecasyllabos trecentosexspecta, aut mihi linteum remitte,

a)

dis poetry

b)

the authorities

c)

a hired thug

d)

a strongly worded letter

e)

Leonidas of Sparta

13.

quod me non movet aestimatione,

a)

because I am not moved by their value

b)

whose value

doesn’t disturb me

c)

which do not move me because of their value

d)

that doesn't affect my assessment

14.

miserunt mihi muneri

a)

double dative

b)

dative possession

c)

dative indirect object

d)

dative of agent

15.

What has really got Catullus' proverbial goat?

haec amem necesse estut Veraniolum meum et Fabullum

a)

that Fabullus and Veranius no longer love him

b)

that was a REALLY NICE napkin

c)

the napkin was a cherished souvenir

d)

that Asinius Marrucinus would steal from him

16.

Ablative

Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus,

a)

time when

b)

time within which

c)

absolute

d)

comparison

17.

More ablative, joy!

si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam

a)

agent

b)

accompaniment

c)

means

d)

cause

18.

What literary device is seen here?

et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis

a)

polysyndeton

b)

asyndeton

19.

What is the implication of this statement?

nam tui Catulli plenus sacculus est aranearum

a)

Catullus hates Fabullus

b)

Catullus is broke

c)

Catullus plans on tricking Fabullus

d)

Fabullus is just after Catullus for his money

20.

Sed contra accipies meros amores

a)

in return

b)

against

c)

opposite

d)

otherwise

21.

quid suavius elegantiusve est

a)

positive - sweet and fine

b)

comparative - sweeter and finer

c)

superlative - sweetest and finest

d)

adverb - sweetly and fine

22.

quod tu cum olfacies

a)

causal - because

b)

circumstantial - when

c)

concessive - although

d)

accompaniment - with

23.

deos rogabis totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum

a)

indirect command

b)

indirect question

c)

purpose clause

d)

conditional

24.

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

a)

anaphora - repetition of a word

b)

polysyndeton - excessive conjunctions

c)

litotes - saying something by negating its opposite

d)

anastrophe - inversion of two words

25.

nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua.

a)

ablative description

b)

ablative manner

c)

ablative specification

d)

genitive description

26.

What literary device is seen here?

Decoctoris amica Formiani

a)

tmesis - breaking off of word or phrase into two

b)

apostrophe - addressing someone not there

c)

prolepsis - foreshadowing (the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does)

d)

metonymy - one thing standing in for another

27.

What literary device is here?

O saeclum insapiens et infacetum!

a)

apostrophe - addressing someone/something not there

b)

rhetorical question

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole - dramatic exaggeration

28.

In this poem, Catullus is addressing Rome's most famed

Disertissime Romuli nepotum,quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,

a)

orator

b)

historian

c)

epic poet

d)

king

29.

Select all that apply:

Disertissime Romuli nepotum

a)

vocative

b)

ablative

c)

adverb

d)

superlative

e)

imperative

30.

quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,quotque post aliis erunt in annis,

a)

alliteration - repetition of consonant

b)

assonance - the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong

c)

anaphora - repetion of word or phrase

d)

apostrophe - addressing someone/something not there

31.

What tenses of sum show up here?

quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli,quotque post aliis erunt in annis

a)

perfect

b)

future

c)

imperfect

d)

present

32.

quot sunt quotque fuere

a)

syncopated (shortened) form of fuerunt

b)

ablative noun

c)

imperative

d)

infinitive

33.

Noli admirari

a)

I don't wonder

b)

don't wonder

c)

I don't want to be admired

d)

don't be admired

34.

Noli admirari quare tibi femina nulla,Rufe, velit tenerum supposuisse femur

a)

indirect question

b)

indirect command

c)

indirect statement

35.

Which does Rufus try to use to charm the ladies?

non si illam rarae labefactes munere vestis aut perluciduli deliciis lapidis

a)

jewels

b)

wit

c)

clothing

d)

money

36.

si illam rarae labefactes munere vestis

labefactō , labefactāre, labefactāvī, labefactātum; first conjugation

a)

future less vivid conditional

b)

present conditional

37.

Having a goat represent the stink of Rufus' armpit is a literary device called

valle sub alarum trux habitare caper

a)

metonomy

b)

polysyndeton

c)

litotes

d)

apostrophe

38.

Catullus' advice is to

quare aut crudelem nasorum interfice pestem,aut admirari desine cur fugiant

a)

take a bath or stop wondering why girls don't like you

b)

try to buy a girlfriend who doesn't mind the stink

c)

make a goat his girlfriend

d)

embrace his odor and stay alone

39.

How would Arrius pronouns eggs (In English)?

Chommoda dicebat, si quando commoda velletdicere, et insidias Arrius hinsidias

(a)  

40.

Not repeating the dicebat, si quando vellet dicere but instead implying it is the literary device

et insidias Arrius hinsidias,

a)

ellipsis

b)

elision

c)

asyndeton

d)

assonance

41.

Using a reflexive in an indirect statement means * is the one speaking well

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum

a)

some other dude

b)

Arrius himself

42.

The inversion of locutum and esse is

et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum

a)

anastrophe

b)

asyndeton

c)

hyperbaton

d)

simile

43.

Chommoda dicebat, si quando commoda vellet dicere, et insidias Arrius hinsidias

a)

chiasmus

ABBA

b)

synchysis

ABAB

44.

Which "snark" poem did you like best and why?

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