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Ceres et Proserpina - LFA 20

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

At the start of the story, where was Proserpina?

a)

the Underworld

b)

Earth

c)

Mount Olympus

d)

with her mother

2.

What did Pluto do?

a)

Kidnap Proserpina

b)

Pick flowers

c)

Start a war

d)

Flee

3.

What causes Iuppiter to look into the issue of Proserpina's disappearance?

a)

Iuppiter hears the pleas of hungry mortals

b)

Iuppiter can't find Ceres

c)

Pluto brags about his conquest

d)

Iuppiter is worried about his daughter

4.

Which Latin sentence best supports that Proserpina went unwillingly with Pluto?

a)

Plūtō, deus īnferōrum, Prōserpinam vīdit et amāvit.

b)

Puellae fūgērunt.

c)

Prōserpina fugere mātūrāvit, sed Plūtō valuit et eam cēpit.

d)

Ōtium grātum erat; magnum erat studium puellārum. 

5.

Which TWO Latin sentences best describe how the prosperity of the land is directly connected to Ceres's state of mind?

a)

Cerēs nocte ex agrīs vēnit.

b)

Ōtium nōn invēnit dum Prōserpina in perīculō erat.

c)

 Quod Cerēs Prōserpinam nōn invēnit, in agrīs nōn labōrāvit.

d)

Flōrēs nōn erant, frūmentum in agrīs nōn erat.

6.

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."

a)

labōrābimus

b)

habēbimus

c)

valēmus

d)

valēbimus

e)

agēmus

7.

In the sentence "officium nōn faciunt," is officium the subject or direct object?

a)

subject / Nominative case

b)

direct object / Accusative Case

c)

Neither subject nor direct object

8.

In the following sentence, what is the case & function of deae?

 "Iuppiter [...] iniūriās populī videt et audit et deae agrōrum dīxit"

a)

Genitive Case / Possessive

b)

Nominative Case / Subject

c)

Dative Case / Indirect Object

d)

None of these.

9.

In the following sentence, why is nūntium Accusative case / direct object form?

"Mercurium nūntium ad īnferōs mittam."

a)

It's the direct object of the verb, mittam

b)

it is an appositive / noun in apposition, renaming the direct object

c)

it is an adjective describing Mercurium

d)

it's the object of a preposition that takes the Accusative case

10.

Which Latin sentence explains why Proserpina cannot return wholly to Earth to live with Ceres full-time?

a)

Frūctum īnferōrum edit.

b)

Prōserpina valet sed Plūtō eam habet.

c)

Populus vītam dūram ēgit et deam accūsāvit quod pretium cibī magnum erat.

d)

 Cerēs misera fīliam accēpit.

11.

In the following sentence, what case and number is annī?

"Prōserpina partem annī in terrā, partem sub terrā ēgit."

a)

Genitive / Possessive form

b)

Nominative / Subject form

c)

singular

d)

plural

12.

In the following sentence, why is nocte in the Ablative Case?

"Cerēs nocte ex agrīs vēnit."

a)

Object of a Preposition that takes Ablative Case objects

b)

Ablative of Means / Instrument / how something was done

c)

Ablative of Time When something takes place

d)

Ablative of Place From Which a noun moves

13.

In the following sentence, for what TWO reasons is agrīs in the Ablative Case?

"Cerēs nocte ex agrīs vēnit."

a)

Object of a Preposition that takes Ablative Case objects

b)

Ablative of Means / Instrument / how something was done

c)

Ablative of Time When something takes place

d)

Ablative of Place From Which a noun moves

14.

In the sentence "Populus vītam dūram ēgit," what is the best translation of ēgit?

a)

did

b)

discussed

c)

drove

d)

spent

e)

lived

15.

In the sentence, "Ita commodum erit: partem annī in terrā, partem sub terrā aget," what is the best translation of aget?

a)

will do

b)

will drive

c)

will discuss

d)

will spend

16.

In the sentence, "Quid agēmus?" what is the best translation of "agēmus"

a)

will we do

b)

will we discuss

c)

will we drive

d)

will we spend