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WorksheetsPliny Hairy Scary Experience
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What unusual event happened to the freedman while he was sleeping?
He saw a ghost.
Someone cut off his hair.
He had a nightmare.
He was sleepwalking.
His brother climbed in bed
What was found on the floor the morning after the freedman's younger brother's hair was cut?
A pair of shears.
A note.
The cut hair.
A white cloth.
How did the two persons enter the room where the slave boy was sleeping?
Through the door.
Through the windows.
Through the chimney.
Through a secret passage.
During whose reign did these events occur?
Nero.
Augustus.
Domitian.
Tiberius.
What was found in Domitian's desk?
A letter of recommendation for Carus
A map of Pliny's house
An information lodged against the Pliny
A decree of exile for Pliny
Who was the person that gave information to Domitian about Pliny?
Carus
Marcus
Sura
the freedman
What is the customary practice for accused persons mentioned in the story?
To cut their hair.
To let their hair grow.
To shave their heads.
To wear a wig.
What did Pliny believe the hair-cutting incidents signified?
A warning of impending danger.
A sign of impending wealth.
A sign of defeating the threat.
A message from the gods.
According to Pliny, if Domitian were alive, Pliny would have _____.
been enslaved
been exiled
been killed
had his hair cut
Verb sort translation: tonsum
having been cut
have cut
is being cut
cutting
Verb sort translation: mixtus
having been mixed
had mixed
is mixing
mixing
Puer in paedagogio mixtus pluribus dormiebat.
What noun does the participle mixtus modify/describe?
pluribus
paedagogio
puer
Verb sort translation: detonderunt
having been cut
have cut
is being cut
cutting
Verb sort translation: amputantem
having been cut
have cut
is being cut
cutting
Verb sort translation: sparsos
having been scattered
have scattered
is being scattered
scattering
Hunc quoque tonsum sparsosque circa capillos dies ostendit.
What noun does the participle sparsos modify/describe?
hunc
tonsum
capillos
dies
Verb sort translation: reperiuntur
having been found
have found
are being found
finding
Verb sort translation: inventus est
having been found
have been found
are being found
finding
Based on the principle parts recido, recidere, recidi, recisus - cut back:
what is the best translation of recisos
having been cut back
have cut back
to cut back
had cut back
Based on the principle parts vivo, vivere, vixi, victus - live
what is the best translation of vixisset
have been lived
was being lived
to live
had lived
Based on the principle parts depello, depellere, depuli, depulsus - drive back/off
what is the best translation of depulsi
drove off
was being driven off
having been driven off
had driven off
