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Pliny's Eruption of Vesuvius pt 1 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author in which Pliny is writing the letters to

a)

Tacitus

b)

Vergil

c)

Pliny the Elder

d)

Martial

2.

morti eius si celebretur

a)

if his death is being celebrated

b)

if the death of him is celebrated

c)

his death is celebrated

d)

he celebrates his own death

3.

celebretur

a)

he was being celebrated

b)

they were celebrated

c)

he is being celebrated

d)

they will be celebrated

4.

What will Pliny the Elder receive by the writing of the letters

a)

vita breva

b)

gloria perpetua

c)

immortalis

d)

immortalem gloriam

5.

Erat Miseni ______________ imperio praesens regebat

a)

comites

b)

classis

c)

arma

d)

hostis

6.

The three things Pliny the Elder was doing at the time of the Eruption

a)

napping, talking to his wife, taking a bath

b)

reading, sunbathing, napping

c)

sunbathing, having a meal, taking a bath

d)

writing, reading, sunbathing

7.

What does Pliny compare the shape of the eruption to?

a)

A snake

b)

A pine tree

c)

A god

d)

A cloud

8.

Nam longissimo velut trunco elata

a)

for having been raised like a tall tree trunk

b)

having been stretched like a river

c)

for it was raised like a tall tree

d)

for it was elevated like a mountain

9.

interdum arborum
sordida et maculosa prout, terram cineremue sustulerat

(interdum: sometimes; sustulerat: lift up; sordida: dirty)

10.

What compels Pliny the Elder to ready the fleet?

a)

He has family members waiting on the beach

b)

A letter from his friend, Rectina

c)

Rectina shows up at his house

d)

The eruption grows more intense

11.

oriebatur

a)

it was arising

b)

he arose

c)

it is arising

d)

he will rise

12.

Why did Pliny the Younger not join the Elder?

a)

he was afraid of the outcome

b)

His mother forbid it

c)

Pliny the Elder did not invite him

d)

He wished to stay and write down what he saw

13.

Egrediebatur domo; accipit codicillos Rectinae

a)

The house was being departed; he accepts a letter from Rectina

b)

Rectina's letter made him depart from the house

c)

He departed the house; accepting Rectina's letter

d)

He was departing the house; he accepts a letter from Rectina

14.

nam, Rectinae villa eius subiacebat

(subjaceo: lies underneath, at the foot of)

15.

Deducit quadriremes