WorksheetsLivy 22.3 section 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Regio erat in primos Italiae fertilis… frumenti ac pecoris… opulenti : why is this a useful place for Hannibal to set up camp?
It is rich in iron ore to make good weapons.
It is rich in gold to pay his soldiers
There are lots of crops and livestock to feed his army
There are a lot of villages to raid to feed his army
consul ferox… non mood legum aut patron maiestatis sed me deorum… metuens: why does Livy disapprove of this consul?
He ignores the law.
He ignores his father
He ignores the gods
He ignores his co-consul
Hanc insitam ingenio temeritatem: what technique is being used here and to what effect?
Enjambement
Hyperbaton
Emphasise the arrogance of the consul
Emphasise the patience and planning of the consul
fortuna prospero civilibus bellicisque rebus success: why is the consul so confident against Hannibal?
Previously a consul
Fortunate as a governor
Military successes
Won an election
Ferox… ferociter: what technique is being used here and why?
Polyptoton
Hyperbaton
Emphasise aggressive nature of the consul
Emphasise the fearlessness of the consul
Agitare eum atque inritare Poenus parat: which of the following statements are true?
Poenus is annoying Hannibal
Hannibal is annoying the consul
Livy is using historic present verbs
Livy is using present subjunctive verbs
Faesulas petens medio Etruriae agro praedatum profectus: what is Hannibal doing?
Seeking the location of Faesulas in Etruria
Seeking plunder in Faesulas
Seeking the Faesulians in the middle of a field
Seeing the prefect of the army
quantum vastitatem potest caedibus incendiisque consuli procul ostendit: what has Hannibal NOT done?
Set towns on fire
Slaughtered civilians
Shown the consul around Faesulas
Caused a huge amount of damage
Which of these words is NOT a verb or made from a verb?
Metens
Potest
Esset
Pronior
Apparebat… acturum [esse]: which of the folllowing terms best describes this construction?
Indirect command
Hypotaxis
Indirect statement
Parataxis
