WorksheetsApuleius V.14
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Iugum sororium consponsae factionis: what impression do we get of the sisters from this extract?
They are quite different
They are of the same mind
They are animal-like
They are inhuman
ne parentibus quidem visis recta de navibus scopulum petunt: what are the sisters looking for?
A reef
A rock
The mountain crag
A canyon
illum praecipiti cum velocitate nec venti ferentis oppertae praesentiam licentiosa cum temeritate prosiliunt in altum: what aspect of the sisters is emphasised here?
Their patience
Their cunning
Their greed
Their haste
Nec immemor Zephyrus regalis edicti, quamvis invitus: how does Zephyr feel about helping the sisters?
Keen
Reluctant
Happy
Angry
susceptas eas gremio spirantis aurae solo reddidit: who does 'eas' refer to?
Psyche
Psyche's parents
Cupid and Psyche
Psyche's sisters
At illae incunctatae statim conferto vestigio domum penetrant: what is this an example of?
Hyperbaton
Polyptoton
Pleonasm
Metaphor
At illae incunctatae statim conferto vestigio domum penetrant: what does this suggest about the sisters?
They are arguing
They are of the same mind
complexaeque praedam suam sorores nomine mentientes: what is being emphasised about the sisters?
Their greed
Their disloyalty
Their loyalty
Their cunning
thensaurumque penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes sic adulant: what technique is being used here?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Chiasmus
Hyperbaton
thensaurumque penitus abditae fraudis vultu laeto tegentes sic adulant: which words convey the sisters' deception?
thensaurum
tegentes
penitus
vultu
Psyche, non ita ut pridem parvula, et ipsa iam mater es: what is the tone created by the alliteration?
Crticising
Scathing
Patronising
Simpering
Quantum, putas, boni nobis in ista geris perula! Quantis gaudiis totam domum nostram hilarabis!: what are the sisters referring to here?
Joy caused by the new child
How much danger Psyche is in
How blessed she is to be married
Sadness caused by her absence
O nos beatas quas infantis aurei nutrimenta laetabunt!: what tense is the verb here?
Present
Perfect
Imperfect
Future
Qui si parentum, ut oportet, pulchritudini responderit, prorsus Cupido nascetur: what is ironic here?
The sisters say that the child will be as beautiful as Cupid
The sisters say he will be not as beautiful as Cupid
The sisters hope Cupid blesses the child
The sisters are praying to Cupid for them to have their own children
