Quiz

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1. What does invocat (line 640) mean?
A) calls upon
B) runs toward
C) fears
D) praises
 

2. What case is Cytherea (line 640)?
A) Nominative
B) Accusative
C) Vocative
D) Ablative
 

3. What is the subject of adiuvet (line 641)?
A) Hippomenes
B) Venus
C) ignes
D) nostris
 

4. What does aurea poma (line 650) mean?
A) silver leaves
B) golden apples
C) sacred gifts
D) shining branches
 

5. What literary device is used in fulva comas, fulvo ramis (line 647)?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Hyperbole
D) Alliteration
 

6. In posse putes (line 654), what construction is this?
A) Indirect statement
B) Potential subjunctive
C) Purpose clause
D) Result clause
 

7. What is happening in lines 654–655 (posse putes illos…)?
A) They are slowing down
B) They appear to run incredibly fast
C) They are arguing
D) They are resting

 

8. What does clamorque favorque (line 656) represent?
A) Conflict
B) Internal thoughts
C) Divine Intervention
D) Crowd Support

 

9. What is the effect of the repeated nunc, nunc (line 657)?
A) Creates sadness
B) Shows confusion
C) Builds urgency and excitement
D) Indicates time passing slowly
 

10. What is Atalanta’s reaction to the first apple (lines 665–667)?
A) She ignores it
B) She becomes angry
C) She is tempted and slows down
D) She throws it away
 

11. What literary device is used in volubile aurum (line 667)?
A) Personification
B) Enjambment
C) Transferred epithet
D) Onomatopoeia
 

12. What ultimately allows Hippomenes to win?
A) His natural speed
B) Help from the crowd
C) Strategy using the apples
D) Atalanta trips