Syntax Quiz
1. In lines 88-90 there are three uses of the ablative in one sentence, select the correct use of each ablative word or phrase:
Vīscere |
Ingestōque Corpore |
Lētō |
2. In line 235, to whom do the dentibus belong?
3. In lines 88-90, in what ways does Ovid’s word order give flow to the ideas of the sentence? (two correct answers)
4. Which of the below poetic devices is present in line 214?
5. What poetic device is created by the word arrangement of the entirety of line 89?
6. Choose the best analysis of the meter of lines 89 and 90:
The frequency of dactyls and the two elisions indicate that the speaker is becoming more frantic and heated as they aggressively address their audience.
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The near even number of spondees and dactyls gives the speech balance as the speaker is using a steady tone to articulate a statement to the audience.
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7. Choose the best analysis of the meter of lines 235 and 236:
The dactyl-heavy line 235 gives an urgent weight to the destruction wrought by aging and the passage of time. Lline 236 begins with spondees to emphasize the agonizing slowness of being consumed by time, and ends in a dactylic and energetic burst of doomsday prophesying.
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The dactyls in line 235 create an air of levity around the process of aging that is broken down by the transition to spondees in line 236. The sudden change emphasizes the quickness and surprise of being consumed by time.
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8. In line 94, perdiderīs is not a perfect subjunctive, but a future-perfect indicative. How can you tell this?
9. What is odd about the arrangement of lines 215-216?
10. From lines 215-220, how many times is the subject of a verb implied?