WorksheetsApuleius V.13
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Suscipit Psyche singultu lacrimoso sermonem incertans: what techniques are being used here to highlight Psyche's distress?
Hyperbole
Hyperbaton
Sibillance
Pleonasm
Iam dudum, quod sciam, fidei atque parciloquio meo perpendisti documenta: what virtues does Psyche say she has?
Sharp wit
Faithfulness
Discretion
Intelligence
nec eo setius adprobabitur tibi nunc etiam firmitas animi mei: what else does Psyche say she possesses?
Patience
Determination
Strength
Confidence
Tu modo Zephyro nostro rursum praecipe fungatur obsequio et ... redde saltem conspectum sororum: what does Psyche want from Cupid?
For him to order Zephyr to bring her her sisters
For him to dismiss Zephyr and replace him with her sisters
For him to reveal his face to her and her sisters
Per istos cinnameos et undique pendulos crines tuos per teneras et teretis et mei similes genas per pectus nescio quo calore fervidum: what does Psyche reveal about Cupid?
His fragrant hair
His tender cheeks
His warm chest
His scaly skin
sic in hoc saltem parvulo cognoscam faciem tuam: what is Psyche suggesting here about their baby?
That she would recognise Cupid's face if she saw it
That she would not be able to recognise Cupid
That she would be able to recognise Cupid's face in her baby
That she has already seen Cupid's face
supplicis anxiae piis precibus erogatus: what does Psyche suggest about her speech?
It will easily win over Cupid
It probably won't convince Cupid
germani complexus indulge fructum: what does Psyche want Cupid to allow?
For her to meet with her sisters
For her to leave the palace
For her sisters to live in the palace
For her parents to be able to see her
et tibi devotae dicataeque Psychae animam gaudio recrea: why does Psyche say that Cupid should allow her to see her sisters?
She will run away if he does not allow it
It will make her happy
It will be a reward for her devotion and dedication
He has refused to reveal his face to her so it's the least he can do
Nec quicquam amplius in tuo vultu requiro: what does Psyche say she is no longer doing?
Seeking a way to return to her parents
Seeking to see Cupid's face
Seeking to know Cupid's identity
Seeking a way out of the palace
teneo te, meum lumen: what is this an example of?
Euphemism
Polyptoton
Metaphor
Hyperbaton
His verbis et amplexibus mollibus decantatus maritus: what literary device is being used here?
Tautology
Metaphor
Chiasmus
Alliteration
lacrimasque eius suis crinibus detergens facturum spopondit: what does Cupid do?
Promise that he would her sisters live in the palace
Dry his eyes with her hair
Dry her eyes with his hair
Promise that he would let her sisters visit
et praevertit statim lumen nascentis diei: when did Cupid leave?
Before midnight
Before dawn
Late evening
At sunrise
