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WorksheetsVirgil Book 12 (752-805)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
ille autem insidiis et ripa territus alta (752): what is the subject here?
A stag
A dog
Turnus
Aeneas
at vividus Umber haeret hians, iam iamque tenet similisque tenenti increpuit malis morsuque elusus inani est (753-755): what is happening here?
The dog (Turnus) is trying to bite the stag (Aeneas)
The dog (Aeneas) has managed to catch the stag (Turnus)
The dog (Aeneas) is trying to bite the stag (Turnus)
The dog (Turnus) has managed to bite the stag (Aeneas)
tum vero exoritur clamor ripaeque lacusque responsant circa et caelum tonat omne tumultu (756-757): what is being emphasised here?
Turnus' speed
The volume of the sound
The quietness of the scene
Aeneas' anger
ille simul fugiens Rutulos simul increpat omnis nomine quemque vocans notumque efflagitat ensem (758-759): what is Turnus trying to do?
Mend his sword
Call for his sword
Blame his soldiers
Praise his soldiers
Aeneas mortem contra praesensque minatur exitium, si quisquam adeat, terretque trementis excisurum urbem minitans et saucius instat (760-762): which of the following is not being used here to emphasise Aeneas' formidable nature?
Alliteration
Pleonasm
Asyndeton
Future participle
Turni de vita de sanguine (765): what does Virgil say Aeneas and Turnus are competing for?
The kingdom of Latinus
The crown
The life of Turnus
The hand of Lavinia in marriage
sed stirpem Teucri nullo discrimine sacrum/sustulerant, puro et possent concurrere campo (769-770): what have the Trojans done and why?
Killed the holy son of Teucer
Removed a rock to clear the ground for battle.
Removed a tree to clear the ground for battle.
Purified the earth before the battle takes place
huc impetus illam/detulerat fixam et lenta radice tenebat (772-773): what has happened to Aeneas' spear?
It has got caught on a branch
It has snapped in two
It has stuck fast in a rock
It has stuck fast in a root
incubui volvitque manu convellere ferrum: what makes this line vivid?
Asyndeton
Many adjectives
Many verbs
Present participles
diu luctans lentoque in stirpe moratus/viribus haud ullis valuit discludere morsis roboris Aeneas (781-783): how does Virgil emphasise Aeneas' struggles to free his spear?
Emphasising time it takes
Emphasising his strength in vain
Emphasising how the root is rock-hard
Personification of root
hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta (789): whom does Virgil suggest is going to win and how?
Aeneas
Turnus
Use of adjectives
Use of present participle
How does Jupiter start his speech to his wife?
Rhetorical questions
Insulting her
Criticising her
Gives her commands
mortalin decuit violari vulnere divum (797): what is Virgil emphasising here?
The difference between Turnus and Aeneas
The difference between gods and mortals
vim crescere victis (799): how does Virgil emphasise how Turnus should not be strengthened by the help of the gods?
Alliteration
Asyndeton
Anaphora
Polyptoton
terris agitare vel undis/Troianos potuisti, infandum accendere bellum,/deformare domum et luctu miscere hymenaeos (803-805): what does Virgil emphasise here?
Aeneas' pursuit of Turnus
How much he has let Juno do
How much he has NOT let Juno do
Juno's pursuit of Aeneas
