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Livy 22.3 section 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Regio erat in primos Italiae fertilis… frumenti ac pecoris… opulenti : why is this a useful place for Hannibal to set up camp?

a)

It is rich in iron ore to make good weapons.

b)

It is rich in gold to pay his soldiers

c)

There are lots of crops and livestock to feed his army

d)

There are a lot of villages to raid to feed his army

2.

consul ferox… non mood legum aut patron maiestatis sed me deorum… metuens: why does Livy disapprove of this consul?

a)

He ignores the law.

b)

He ignores his father

c)

He ignores the gods

d)

He ignores his co-consul

3.

Hanc insitam ingenio temeritatem: what technique is being used here and to what effect?

a)

Enjambement

b)

Hyperbaton

c)

Emphasise the arrogance of the consul

d)

Emphasise the patience and planning of the consul

4.

fortuna prospero civilibus bellicisque rebus success: why is the consul so confident against Hannibal?

a)

Previously a consul

b)

Fortunate as a governor

c)

Military successes

d)

Won an election

5.

Ferox… ferociter: what technique is being used here and why?

a)

Polyptoton

b)

Hyperbaton

c)

Emphasise aggressive nature of the consul

d)

Emphasise the fearlessness of the consul

6.

Agitare eum atque inritare Poenus parat: which of the following statements are true?

a)

Poenus is annoying Hannibal

b)

Hannibal is annoying the consul

c)

Livy is using historic present verbs

d)

Livy is using present subjunctive verbs

7.

Faesulas petens medio Etruriae agro praedatum profectus: what is Hannibal doing?

a)

Seeking the location of Faesulas in Etruria

b)

Seeking plunder in Faesulas

c)

Seeking the Faesulians in the middle of a field

d)

Seeing the prefect of the army

8.

quantum vastitatem potest caedibus incendiisque consuli procul ostendit: what has Hannibal NOT done?

a)

Set towns on fire

b)

Slaughtered civilians

c)

Shown the consul around Faesulas

d)

Caused a huge amount of damage

9.

Which of these words is NOT a verb or made from a verb?

a)

Metens

b)

Potest

c)

Esset

d)

Pronior

10.

Apparebat… acturum [esse]: which of the folllowing terms best describes this construction?

a)

Indirect command

b)

Hypotaxis

c)

Indirect statement

d)

Parataxis