Urbs antiqua fuit, Tyrii tenuere coloni,
Karthago, Italiam contra Tiberinaque longe
ostia, dives opum studiisque asperrima belli;
quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam
posthabita coluisse Samo; hic illius arma, 5
hic currus fuit; hoc regnum dea gentibus esse,
si qua fata sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque.
Progeniem sed enim Troiano a sanguine duci
audierat, Tyrias olim quae verteret arces;
hinc populum late regem belloque superbum 10
venturum excidio Libyae: sic volvere Parcas.
Aeneid 1.12-22
(Excerpt from the Aeneid, available online here: Book 1. )
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1. Identify the verb form tenuere (line 1)
present active infinitive
perfect active indicative
imperfect subjunctive
passive imperative
2. Identify the figure of speech in line 2.
chiasmus
metonymy
anastrophe
synchesis (interlocking word order)
3. On what does the word studiis depend (line 3)?
dives (line 3)
opum (line 3)
asperrima (line 3)
belli (line 3)
4. What is the correct translation of the phrase terris . . . omnibus in its context (line 4)?
more than all other lands
more from all other lands
more in all other lands
more for all other lands
5. The form coluisse (line 5) is determined by
quam (line 4)
fertur (line 4)
terris (line 4)
posthabita (line 5)
6. What figure of speech is found in lines 5-6?
hendiadys
polysyndeton
synchesis (interlocking word order)
anaphora
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7. What is the antecedent sensewise, albeit not grammatically, of hoc (line 6)?
urbs (line 1)
Iuno (line 4)
arma (line 5)
currus (line 6)
8. What figure of speech occurs in audierat (line 9)?
metonymy
syncope
aposiopesis
anaphora
9. What is the correct translation of the phrase Tyrias . . . arces (line 9)?
to overturn Carthaginian citadels someday
which were once overturning Trojan citadels
these Carthaginian citadels were someday to be overturned
who had once overturned Trojan citadels
10. Identify the use of the form venturum (line 11).
present active participle
future active participle
future active infinitive
adjective
11. What is the allusion in the phrase venturum . . . Libyae (line 11)?
that Aeneas will abandon Dido
that Aeneas will soon arrive in Africa
that Dido has herself just come to Libya
that Carthage will be destroyed
12. Whom does Vergil call the Parcas (line 11)?
the Fates
the Furies
the Carthaginians
the Greeks
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