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WorksheetsCaesar de bello Gallico 7.80-85
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Chp 80 Cum suos pugna superiores esse Galli confiderent et nostros multitudine premi viderent, ex omnibus partibus et ei qui munitionibus continebantur et hi qui ad auxilium convenerant clamore et ululatu suorum animos confirmabant: which of the following statements is FALSE?
The Gauls believed that they were better
The Gauls saw that the Romans were hard pressed
The Gauls withdrew their cavalry
The Gauls howled to raise their spirits
Chp 80 laudis cupiditas et timor ignominiae ad virtutem excitabant: which of the following techniques is being used?
Hyperbaton
Chiasmus
Pleonasm
Hypallage
Chp 81 magno cratium, scalarum, harpagonum numero effecto media nocte silentio ex castris egressi ad campestres munitiones accedunt: which of the following statements is FALSE?
The Gauls built tools to destroy Roman fortifications
This section contains asyndeton
The Gauls built tools to get through Roman fortifications
This sectin contains an ablative absolute
Chp 81 At Marcus Antonius et Gaius Trebonius legati, quibus hae partes ad defendendum obvenerant, qua ex parte nostros premi intellexerant, his auxilio ex ulterioribus castellis deductos summittebant: are the Gauls doing well or doing poorly and how do we know?
Doing well
Doing poorly
The Romans are having to reinforce their lines
Many Gauls have been killed while defending their city
Chp 82 posteaquam propius successerunt, aut se stimulis inopinantes induebant aut in scrobes delati transfodiebantur aut ex vallo ac turribus traiecti pilis muralibus interibant: what has happened here?
Gauls have broken into the trenches are attacking the Romans with grappling hooks
Gauls have attacked the Romans with slingshots and spears
Gauls have been impaled on the stakes or struck by thrown spears
The Romans have been surrounded by the Gauls and are on the verge of surrender
Chp 82 Multis undique vulneribus acceptis nulla munitione perrupta: which of the following has been used here?
Present participles
Historic present
Ablative absolute
Indication of time
Chp 83 Galli quid agant consulunt: what construction is this?
Purpose clause
Indirect statement
Indirect question
Deliberative question
Chp 83 Ille ex castris prima vigilia egressus prope confecto sub lucem itinere post montem se occultavit militesque ex nocturno labore itinere post montem sese reficere iussit: what was Vercessivellaunus trying to do?
Trying to set up camp
Trying to find a way point in the Roman fortifications
Trying to launch a counter attack
Trying to seek out allies and reinforcements from nearby towns
Chp 84: Multum ad terrendos nostros valet clamor, qui post tergum pugnantibus exstitit, quod suum periculum in aliena vident salute constare. Why were the Romans scared?
The Gauls were killing many Roman soldiers
The Romans realised that the Gauls had broken their defences
The Gauls were shouting loudly
The Romans realised teamwork was essential
Chp 84 pugnatur uno tempore omnibus locis, atque omnia temptantur: which of the following is not used here?
Polyptoton
Passive verbs
Totalising words
Hyperbaton
Chp 85 Galli nisi perfregerint munitiones, de omni salute desperant; Romani, si rem obtinuerint, finem laborum omnium exspectant: which side seems to have the upper hand and which literary technique is being used here?
Romans
Gauls
Juxtaposition
Litotes
Chp 85 alii tela coniciunt, alii testudine facta subeunt: which techniques ARE being used?
Anaphora
Historic presents
Ablative absolute
Emphatic placement
