Backstage
Menu
Syntax Question Quiz
1) What does Venus tells Adonis before she embarks on her journey?
a) She tells him that Cybeleia is coming to visit
b) She wants him to join her in Cyprus
c) She warns him not to hunt wild beasts
2) What is the case and case use of virtus (709)?
a) Accusative, direct object
b) Nominative, subject
c) Genitive of possession
3) How does Venus react to seeing Adonis's dying body (722-723)?
a) Since she has absented herself from Heaven, she chooses to go down to the Underworld and live with Adonis
b) She jumps down from her chariot, tears her hair and toga, and beats her breasts
c) She is overcome with grief and is unable to see him in pain, so she turns back toward Cyprus
4) What is the scansion of the first four feet of line 722?
a) dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl dactyl/dactyl spondee spondee/ dactyl dactyl
b) dactyl spondee spondee/ dactyl spondee spondee/ dactyl dactyl/ dactyl dactyl
c) dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl spondee spondee
5) What is the case and case use of palmis (723)
a) Dative of reference
b) Ablative of means
c) Ablative of manner
6) What is of interest in line 727?
a) Golden Line
b) Hypermetric
c) Chiasmus
7) What tense is the verb mutabitur (728)?
a) Future passive
b) Future active
c) Perfect passive
8) Why does Venus reference Persephone?
a) Venus is questions why Persephone was allowed to change feminine arms into mint
b) Venus is upset that Persephone will not permit Adonis's blood to change into a flower
c) Venus is mad that Persephone will not let her trek to the Underworld like Orpheus did
9) What kind of clause is featured in line 733-734?
a) Purpose Clause
b) Result Clause
c) Fearing Clause
10) What is the metamorphosis that occurs in this story?
a) Adonis becomes a white swan on Venus's chariot
b) Adonis's blood changes into the anemone
c) Adonis's limbs turn into mint
Answers: 1c, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10b
a) She tells him that Cybeleia is coming to visit
b) She wants him to join her in Cyprus
c) She warns him not to hunt wild beasts
2) What is the case and case use of virtus (709)?
a) Accusative, direct object
b) Nominative, subject
c) Genitive of possession
3) How does Venus react to seeing Adonis's dying body (722-723)?
a) Since she has absented herself from Heaven, she chooses to go down to the Underworld and live with Adonis
b) She jumps down from her chariot, tears her hair and toga, and beats her breasts
c) She is overcome with grief and is unable to see him in pain, so she turns back toward Cyprus
4) What is the scansion of the first four feet of line 722?
a) dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl dactyl/dactyl spondee spondee/ dactyl dactyl
b) dactyl spondee spondee/ dactyl spondee spondee/ dactyl dactyl/ dactyl dactyl
c) dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl spondee spondee/dactyl spondee spondee
5) What is the case and case use of palmis (723)
a) Dative of reference
b) Ablative of means
c) Ablative of manner
6) What is of interest in line 727?
a) Golden Line
b) Hypermetric
c) Chiasmus
7) What tense is the verb mutabitur (728)?
a) Future passive
b) Future active
c) Perfect passive
8) Why does Venus reference Persephone?
a) Venus is questions why Persephone was allowed to change feminine arms into mint
b) Venus is upset that Persephone will not permit Adonis's blood to change into a flower
c) Venus is mad that Persephone will not let her trek to the Underworld like Orpheus did
9) What kind of clause is featured in line 733-734?
a) Purpose Clause
b) Result Clause
c) Fearing Clause
10) What is the metamorphosis that occurs in this story?
a) Adonis becomes a white swan on Venus's chariot
b) Adonis's blood changes into the anemone
c) Adonis's limbs turn into mint
Answers: 1c, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10b