WorksheetsPliny's Eruption of Vesuvius pt 1 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
The author in which Pliny is writing the letters to
Tacitus
Vergil
Pliny the Elder
Martial
morti eius si celebretur
if his death is being celebrated
if the death of him is celebrated
his death is celebrated
he celebrates his own death
celebretur
he was being celebrated
they were celebrated
he is being celebrated
they will be celebrated
What will Pliny the Elder receive by the writing of the letters
vita breva
gloria perpetua
immortalis
immortalem gloriam
Erat Miseni ______________ imperio praesens regebat
comites
classis
arma
hostis
The three things Pliny the Elder was doing at the time of the Eruption
napping, talking to his wife, taking a bath
reading, sunbathing, napping
sunbathing, having a meal, taking a bath
writing, reading, sunbathing
What does Pliny compare the shape of the eruption to?
A snake
A pine tree
A god
A cloud
Nam longissimo velut trunco elata
for having been raised like a tall tree trunk
having been stretched like a river
for it was raised like a tall tree
for it was elevated like a mountain
interdum arborum
sordida et maculosa prout, terram cineremue sustulerat
(interdum: sometimes; sustulerat: lift up; sordida: dirty)
What compels Pliny the Elder to ready the fleet?
He has family members waiting on the beach
A letter from his friend, Rectina
Rectina shows up at his house
The eruption grows more intense
oriebatur
it was arising
he arose
it is arising
he will rise
Why did Pliny the Younger not join the Elder?
he was afraid of the outcome
His mother forbid it
Pliny the Elder did not invite him
He wished to stay and write down what he saw
Egrediebatur domo; accipit codicillos Rectinae
The house was being departed; he accepts a letter from Rectina
Rectina's letter made him depart from the house
He departed the house; accepting Rectina's letter
He was departing the house; he accepts a letter from Rectina
nam, Rectinae villa eius subiacebat
(subjaceo: lies underneath, at the foot of)
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