1. On line 707 why is sit in the subjunctive?
a. Hortatory
b. Jussive
c. Purpose clause
d. Result clause
2. What is the poetic device on line 727?
a. Synchysis
b. Golden line
c. Chiasmus
d. Hendiadys
3. What is the subject on line 735?
a. Flos
b. Sanguine
c. Ortus
4. What is the case and case use of frena on line 705?
a. Nominative subject
b. Accusative direct object
c. Dative indirect object
5. What is the scansion of the first four feet on line 717?
a. Spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee spondee/ spondee dactyl dactyl
b. Spondee spondee/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee spondee
c. Spondee dactyl dactyl / spondee spondee/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee dactyl dactyl
6. What did Venus say she would do after she found out Adonis was dead (lines 725-727)?
a. Build monuments of Adonis so that he wouldn't be forgotten
b. Create a holiday where they mourn him once a year
c. Throw him in a river, he didn't listen to her advice anyway.
7. What is the case and case use of Adoni on line 726?
a. Dative indirect object
b. Vocative direct address
c. Ablative manner
8. What poetic device is used on line 729?
a. Anastrophe
b. Tmesis
c. Apostrophe
d. Asyndeton
9. What is the subject of solent (737)?
a. punica
b. granum
c. cortice
10. Where was Venus headed to when before she discovered Adonis had died?
a. Sicily
b. Pompeii
c. Cyprus
d. Sardinia
answers: 1 A, 2 B, 3 A, 4 B, 5 C, 6 B, 7 A, 8 C, 9 B, 10 C
a. Hortatory
b. Jussive
c. Purpose clause
d. Result clause
2. What is the poetic device on line 727?
a. Synchysis
b. Golden line
c. Chiasmus
d. Hendiadys
3. What is the subject on line 735?
a. Flos
b. Sanguine
c. Ortus
4. What is the case and case use of frena on line 705?
a. Nominative subject
b. Accusative direct object
c. Dative indirect object
5. What is the scansion of the first four feet on line 717?
a. Spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee spondee/ spondee dactyl dactyl
b. Spondee spondee/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee spondee
c. Spondee dactyl dactyl / spondee spondee/ spondee dactyl dactyl/ spondee dactyl dactyl
6. What did Venus say she would do after she found out Adonis was dead (lines 725-727)?
a. Build monuments of Adonis so that he wouldn't be forgotten
b. Create a holiday where they mourn him once a year
c. Throw him in a river, he didn't listen to her advice anyway.
7. What is the case and case use of Adoni on line 726?
a. Dative indirect object
b. Vocative direct address
c. Ablative manner
8. What poetic device is used on line 729?
a. Anastrophe
b. Tmesis
c. Apostrophe
d. Asyndeton
9. What is the subject of solent (737)?
a. punica
b. granum
c. cortice
10. Where was Venus headed to when before she discovered Adonis had died?
a. Sicily
b. Pompeii
c. Cyprus
d. Sardinia
answers: 1 A, 2 B, 3 A, 4 B, 5 C, 6 B, 7 A, 8 C, 9 B, 10 C