Pliny Part 1 and 2 test review Check

Match the Latin word to the grammar term from passage 1. (questions 1-5)

Groups:

(a) Present tense

,

(b) ablative nouns

,

(c) nominative noun

,

(d) pluperfect tense

• indicat

• domo

• villa

• dederat

• vertit

• fuga

• petis

• rogat

• trunco

• accipit

• inceperat

• eruditissimo viro

• ramis

• ille

(6) Who is the author of this letter?

• Pliny the Elder

• Pliny the Younger

• Tacitus

• Rectina

(7) Who is the recipient of this letter?

• Pliny the Elder

• Pliny the Younger

• Tacitus

• Rectina

(8) What Latin proves that Tacitus wants to tell future generations what happened at Pompeii?

• petis ut tibi avunculī meī

• avunculī meī exitium scrībam,

• vērius trādere posteris possīs

•  erat Mīsēnī classemque imperiō

(9) Where is Pliny the elder stationed?

• Pompeii

• Stabiae

• Rectina

• Misenum

(11) What Latin Phrase shows that the date and time of the eruption was August 24th around 2pm?

•  imperiō praesēns regēbat.

• nōnum Kal. Septembrēs hōra ferē septima

• māter mea indicat

• eī nūbem mirabilem appārēre

(12) What Latin Phrase shows that Pliny the Younger's Mother saw the cloud first?

•  imperiō praesēns regēbat.

• nōnum Kal. Septembrēs hōra ferē septima

• māter mea indicat

• eī nūbem mirabilem appārēre

(13) What Latin says that Pliny's original reason for departing was to study the disaster?

• magna propiusque noscenda est

• nūbēs surgebat

• si venire una vellem rogat;

• respondī studēre mē mālle,

(14) To what did Pliny compare the cloud?

• mushroom

• pine tree

• umbrella

• branches

(15) What Latin says that Pliny's reason for staying back was to study?

• magna propiusque noscenda est

• nūbēs surgebat

• si venire una vellem rogat;

• respondī studēre mē mālle,