Caesar de bello Gallico 7.80-85

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