WorksheetsCeres et Proserpina - LFA 20
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
At the start of the story, where was Proserpina?
the Underworld
Earth
Mount Olympus
with her mother
What did Pluto do?
Kidnap Proserpina
Pick flowers
Start a war
Flee
What causes Iuppiter to look into the issue of Proserpina's disappearance?
Iuppiter hears the pleas of hungry mortals
Iuppiter can't find Ceres
Pluto brags about his conquest
Iuppiter is worried about his daughter
Which Latin sentence best supports that Proserpina went unwillingly with Pluto?
Plūtō, deus īnferōrum, Prōserpinam vīdit et amāvit.
Puellae fūgērunt.
Prōserpina fugere mātūrāvit, sed Plūtō valuit et eam cēpit.
Ōtium grātum erat; magnum erat studium puellārum.
Which TWO Latin sentences best describe how the prosperity of the land is directly connected to Ceres's state of mind?
Cerēs nocte ex agrīs vēnit.
Ōtium nōn invēnit dum Prōserpina in perīculō erat.
Quod Cerēs Prōserpinam nōn invēnit, in agrīs nōn labōrāvit.
Flōrēs nōn erant, frūmentum in agrīs nōn erat.
In the sentences below, which verb(s) is/are NOT future tense?
"Quid agēmus? In agrīs labōrābimus sed frūmentum nōn habēbimus. Nōn valēmus et nōn valēbimus."
labōrābimus
habēbimus
valēmus
valēbimus
agēmus
In the sentence "officium nōn faciunt," is officium the subject or direct object?
subject / Nominative case
direct object / Accusative Case
Neither subject nor direct object
In the following sentence, what is the case & function of deae?
"Iuppiter [...] iniūriās populī videt et audit et deae agrōrum dīxit"
Genitive Case / Possessive
Nominative Case / Subject
Dative Case / Indirect Object
None of these.
In the following sentence, why is nūntium Accusative case / direct object form?
"Mercurium nūntium ad īnferōs mittam."
It's the direct object of the verb, mittam
it is an appositive / noun in apposition, renaming the direct object
it is an adjective describing Mercurium
it's the object of a preposition that takes the Accusative case
Which Latin sentence explains why Proserpina cannot return wholly to Earth to live with Ceres full-time?
Frūctum īnferōrum edit.
Prōserpina valet sed Plūtō eam habet.
Populus vītam dūram ēgit et deam accūsāvit quod pretium cibī magnum erat.
Cerēs misera fīliam accēpit.
In the following sentence, what case and number is annī?
"Prōserpina partem annī in terrā, partem sub terrā ēgit."
Genitive / Possessive form
Nominative / Subject form
singular
plural
In the following sentence, why is nocte in the Ablative Case?
"Cerēs nocte ex agrīs vēnit."
Object of a Preposition that takes Ablative Case objects
Ablative of Means / Instrument / how something was done
Ablative of Time When something takes place
Ablative of Place From Which a noun moves
In the following sentence, for what TWO reasons is agrīs in the Ablative Case?
"Cerēs nocte ex agrīs vēnit."
Object of a Preposition that takes Ablative Case objects
Ablative of Means / Instrument / how something was done
Ablative of Time When something takes place
Ablative of Place From Which a noun moves
In the sentence "Populus vītam dūram ēgit," what is the best translation of ēgit?
did
discussed
drove
spent
lived
In the sentence, "Ita commodum erit: partem annī in terrā, partem sub terrā aget," what is the best translation of aget?
will do
will drive
will discuss
will spend
In the sentence, "Quid agēmus?" what is the best translation of "agēmus"
will we do
will we discuss
will we drive
will we spend
