Answers to Latin V
1. Line one suggests that someone A
A) is in love B) succeeds in avoiding
love C) steals someone's love D)
laughs at love
2. The god Amor (Amoris in line 1) is also known as D
A) Aesculapius B) Faunus C)
Morpheus D) Cupid
3. In line 2, Hispanus aegra lacrimabundus lyra is
an effective use of synchysis, which is defined as C
A) agreement of sound and sense B)
extreme understatement C) interlocked
word order D) an explicit comparison
4. The subject of supplicabat (line 3) is A
A) Hispanus B) Amoris C)
lyra D) puellae
5. What does lacrimabundus (line 2) mean? D
A) daring B) sarcastic C)
angry D) tearful
6. In line 3, duras may be read as a transferred epithet,
in that it agrees grammatically with fores but could more rightly
describe B
A) the lover's song B) the girl C)
the musician D) the lyre
7. Lines 4-5 indicate that the girl's reaction to the young
man's entreaty was C
A) somewhat indifferent B) impossible to perceive
C) obviously negative D)
very encouraging
8. The understood subject of credidit (line 6) is D
A) the Spaniard B) the Spaniard's song C)
the lyre D) the girl
9. The best translation of obstinatius (line 7) is C
A) persistent B) persistently C)
more persistently D) most persistently
10. The best translation of cedens (line 8) is D
A) must step B) stepped C)
to step D) stepping
11. Lines 8-9 (gradibus...temperatis) suggest that the poet's
manner A
A) matched his music B) was more aggressive
than his music C) was difficult to perceive
D) was very cheerful
12. In the Latin phrase, "Orpheus ego pol novus,"
(line 9) the verb sum should be supplied; this omission of a word
understood in context is called
A) ellipsis B) antithesis C)
hendiadys D) polysyndeton
13. According to lines 9-10, why does the Spaniard consider
himself a "New Orpheus,"? C
A) He lost his girlfriend in death. B) His music
makes girls weep. C) His music can control inanimate
objects D) His music can overcome
death
Using your knowledge of Latin literature and classical mythology,
answer the following questions:
14. The meter of this poem, iambic trimeter, was often used
in works written for the stage and therefore would have been used
by B
A) Catullus B) Plautus C)
Caesar D) Pliny
15. The gifted musician Orpheus is often considered the son
of D
A) Zeus B) Artemis C)
Demeter D) Apollo
16. Besides playing the lyre, the would-be lover in the poem
has something in common with Orpheus in that they both B
A) preferred to play their music at night B)
failed in an attempt to gain the woman they loved C)
sought the love of many girls D) sought
the love of a girl too beautiful to win
