WorksheetsCicero Philippics 2.85
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Sedebat in rostris conlega tuus amictus toga purpurea in sella aurea coronatus: which phrase does not accurately describe Caesar?
He was standing on the rostra
He was sitting on a golden chair
He was wearing purple
He was crowned with a wreath
Escendis, accedis ad sellam, (ita eras Lupercus, ut te consulem esse meminisse deberes) diadema ostendis: what do you notice about the main verbs?
Polysyndeton
Present tense
Perfect tense
Tricolon
How is Antony contrasted to Caesar in appearance?
Caesar is fully clothed
Antony is almost naked
Antony is fully clothed
Caesar is almost naked
Gemitus toto foro: what is happening in this short sentence?
Caesar groans
Cicero groans
Antony groans
The crowd groans
Unde diadema: what is Cicero talking about?
The wreath that Antony was holdijng
The wreath that Caesar was wearing
The crown that Caesar was wearing
The crown that Antony was holding
Non enim abiectum sustuleras, sed adtuleras domo meditatum et cogitatum scelus: what is significant about the use of the pluperfect tense?
Shows it was planned ahead of time
Shows the Lupercalia events happened a long time ago
Shows that Caesar had planned it all a long time ago
Shows that it was not premeditated
meditatum et cogitatum scelus: what technique is being used here?
Alliteration
Anaphora
Polyptoton
Tautology
Tu diadema inponebas cum plangore populi, ille cum plausu reiciebat: what is NOT happening?
Caesar was wearing the crown
The crowd disapproved of Caesar wearing the crown
The crowd cheered Caesar's rejection of the crown
Antony was offering Caesar the crown
Tu ergo unus, scelerate, inventus es, qui cum auctor regni esse eumque: what does Cicero accuse Antony of here?
Trying to become king
Trying to invent the monarchy
Trying to reinstate a monarchy
Trying to make Caesar a dictator
quem collegam habebas, dominum habere velles: what is Cicero contrasting here?
Relationship between consuls
Relationship between fellow augurs
Relationship between a master and his slave
Relationship between a king and his subjects
idem temptares, quid populus Romanus ferre et pati posset: what does Cicero suggest Antony was trying to do?
See if the people would endure democracy
See if the people would endure slavery
See if the people would endure monarchy
See if the people would endure dictatorship
