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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V1-2] Which of the following is the SUBJECT of these verses?Lesbiabasiationesmihisatistuae
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V1-2] Which of the following is an INDIRECT OBJECT in these verses?Lesbiabasiationesmihisatistuae
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V1-2] What tense are QUAERIS and SINT?presentperfectimperfectfuturepluperfect
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V3-4] Which of the following is the SUBJECT of these two verses?numerusLibyssaelasarpiciferisCyrenisharenae
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V3-4] What tense is IACET?presentperfectimperfectfuturepluperfect
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[V3-4] Which of the following is a noun playing the role of POSSESSOR?
numerus
Libyssae
lasarpiciferis
Cyrenis
harenae
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V5-6] What role are ORACULUM and SEPULCRUM playing?subject / PN / PApossessordirect objectobject of prepositioninstrument
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[V5-6] What role are IOVIS and BATTI playing?
subject / PN / PA
possessor
direct object
object of preposition
instrument
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.
[V5-6] What role are AESTUOSI and VETERIS playing?
subject / PN / PA
possessor
direct object
object of preposition
instrument
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V7-8] Which of the following is the MAIN subject of the sentence?sideranoxhominumamoresmulta
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V7-8] Which of the following is the SECONDARY subject of the sentence?sideranoxhominumamoresmulta
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V7-8] Which of the following is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence?sideranoxhominumamoresmulta
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V7-8] Which of the following is a POSSESSOR in these verses?sideranoxhominumamoresmulta
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V9-10] What role is BASIA playing?indirect objectpossessordirect objectobject of prepositionsubject / PN / PA
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V9-10] What role is TE playing?indirect objectpossessordirect objectobject of prepositionsubject / PN / PA
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V9-10] What tense and voice is BASIARE?presentperfectfutureactivepassive
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V9-10] Just for fun: BASIARE, as an infinitive, is a verbal noun. What role is it playing here?indirect objectpossessordirect objectobject of prepositionsubject / PN / PA
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V9-10] What role is CATULLO playing?indirect objectpossessordirect objectobject of prepositionsubject / PN / PA
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V11-12] What role is CURIOSI playing?subject / PN / PApossessordirect objectobject of prepositioninstrument
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V11-12] What role is MALA LINGUA playing?subject / PN / PApossessordirect objectobject of prepositioninstrument
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.[V11-12] What tense and voice are PERNUMERARE and FASCINARE?presentperfectfutureactivepassive
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Okay, a few questions on this poem's devices. All that very nice imagery about Libya and Cyrene is an example of . . .hyperbolehyperbatonhypallagehendiadyshomoioteleuton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.CUM TACET NOX and SIDERA . . . VIDENT, specifically, would be something like . . .parallelismprosopopeiaparaprosdokianpleonasmpolysyndeton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What about BASIA TE MULTA BASIARE? Think about how you see two words with the same root there.
parallelism
prosopopeia
paraprosdokian
polyptoton
polysyndeton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Putting INTER after ORACULUM, instead of before, is an example of . . .hyperbolehyperbatonhypallagehendiadyshomoioteleuton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What I just did with the answer choices for those last four questions is an example of . . .
apophasis
asyndeton
alliteration
anthypophora
antonomasia
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If you think about the four questions as a group, it's also an example of . . .
antimetabole
anaphora
anacoenosis
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.But in all seriousness, Catullus here sets up a question and answers it, which makes this poem one giant . . .apophasisanaphoraanacoenosisanthypophoraantonomasia