WorksheetsApuleius V.16
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Sed dum Zephyri tranquillo spiritu sublimatae domum redeunt: what are the characteristics of Zephyr?
Harshness
Anger
Peaceful
Vengeful
sic secum altercantes: "Quid, soror, dicimus de tam monstruoso fatuae illis mendacio?": what are the sisters talking about?
Psyche's wealth
Psyche's baby
Psyche's husband
Psyche's lie
sic secum altercantes: "Quid, soror, dicimus de tam monstruoso fatuae illis mendacio?": what technique is being used here to emphasise their disgust at Psyche's lie?
Hyperbole
Hyperbaton
Polyptoton
Asyndeton
Tunc adolescens modo florenti lanugine barbam instruens, nunc aetate media candenti canitie lucidus: what aspect of Psyche's lie are the sisters debating?
The inconsistencies
The different ages of Cupid in the two lies
Cupid's beard
The different heights of Cupid in the two lies
Quis ille quem temporis modici spatium repentina senecta reformavit?: what strange phenomenon are the sisters discussing?
Old age
Rapid ageing
Rapid death
Passing of time
Nil aliud reperies, mi soror, quam vel mendacia istam pessimam feminam confingere vel formam mariti sui nescire: what do the sisters say about Psyche?
She was a terrible woman
She knew little about her husband
She was a very lucky woman
She knew too much about her husband
quorum utrum verum est, opibus istis quam primum exterminanda est: what do the sisters want to do to Psyche?
Separate her from her riches
Steal her riches
Exterminate her
Find out the truth
quorum utrum verum est, opibus istis quam primum exterminanda est: what kind of word is this and what does it suggest about the sisters?
Adjective
Gerundive
Their greed
Their determination
Quodsi viri sui faciem ignorat, deo profecto denupsit et deum nobis praegnatione ista gerit: why are the sisters upset about their sister's marriage?
They believe she has married a serpent
They believe she has married the perfect man
They believe she has married a god
They believe she has been trapped in a violent marriage
Certe si divini puelli — quod absit — haec mater audierit, statim me laqueo nexili suspendam: what do the sisters suggest they will do if their sister's child is divine?
Kill Psyche
Throw themselves off the mountain craf
Hang themselves
Drown themselves
Ergo interim ad parentes nostros redeamus et exordio sermonis huius quam concolores fallacias adtexamus: what do the sisters plan to do to their parents?
Tell them that Psyche's child will be born as a demon
Deceive them about Psyche
Tell them the truth about Psyche
Tell them that Psyche is dead
