Latin for Americans, Level 2

Unit 11: Ovid and Vergil

Self-Check Quiz

1.
Ovid abandoned a career in _____ to write poetry.
A)law
B)medicine
C)engineering
D)none of the above
2.
In A.D. 8, Ovid was _____.
A)married
B)banished
C)made poet laureate
D)buried
3.
Ovid's work, the Metamorphōsēs, is _____.
A)not very significant and has had little influence on later art and literature
B)concerned with the inability of matter to change form
C)written in iambic pentameter
D)a series of mythical tales
4.
The rhythm of Latin verse depends on _____.
A)word accents
B)word count
C)syllable length
D)diphthong count
5.
When the first vowel in a word is not pronounced for the sake of poetic meter, the vowel is said to be _____.
A)elusive
B)elided
C)euphoric
D)avoided
6.
Marking lines of poetry to show the meter is called _____.
A)scanning
B)footnoting
C)syllabus
D)graphitizing
7.
Two long syllables are called a _____.
A)sponson
B)spondee
C)spondyl
D)spondich
8.
A dactyl is _____.
A)two short syllables followed by a long syllable
B)a short syllable followed by two long syllables
C)two long syllables followed by a short syllable
D)a long syllable followed by two short syllables
9.
A line of poetry that consists of six feet is called a _____.
A)hexagometer
B)hexameter
C)hexagon
D)hexagram
10.
The Aeneid is written in _____.
A)dactylic hexameter
B)dactylic hexagometer
C)spondaic hexameter
D)spondaic hexagrameter
11.
The story of Deucalion and Pyrrha is similar to the story of _____.
A)Adam and Eve
B)Demeter and Persephone
C)Noah
D)Tristan and Isolde
12.
Juno punished Echo by curtailing her _____.
A)telepathic abilities
B)reasoning ability
C)capacity to love
D)ability to speak
13.
One look at Medusa turns a person into _____.
A)mush
B)gold
C)stone
D)an apple
14.
Orpheus loved _____.
A)Eurydice
B)Persephone
C)Echo
D)Venus
15.
When Orpheus escaped Hades, he made the mistake of _____.
A)speaking aloud
B)looking back
C)singing
D)leaving his sandal behind
16.
The sculptor who fell in love with his statue of a beautiful woman was _____.
A)Praxiteles
B)Phidias
C)Pygmalion
D)Polyclitus
17.
Vergil's early works include the Eclogues and the _____.
A)Georgics
B)Syntaxis
C)Bucolion
D)Geoponics
18.
_____ fell in love with Aeneas.
A)Helen
B)Juno
C)Dido
D)Aurora
19.
At Cumae, before descending to Hades, Aeneas consults with a _____.
A)ship captain
B)prophetess
C)lawyer
D)priest
20.
Master poets were crowned with _____.
A)woven linen strips
B)ficus leaves
C)golden coronets
D)laurel wreaths
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