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slu 1020 dolphins to the rescue

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

Dolphins to the Rescue

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Quod dies erat calidissmus, duo pueri, Gaius et Titus, cum paedagogo Antimacho ad litus

descenderunt. Antimachus monuit, "Ludite pila, pueri, in harena, sed nolite intrare in aquam

altam. Hic sedebo atque legam." Brevi tempore pueri paedagogum dormientem

conspexerunt.

"Videsne, Gai, illa magna saxa in aqua? Non longe absunt! Mutuemur illam scapham!"

urgebat Titus. Gaius, qui nihil haesitabat, cum Tito ad scapham cucurrit.

Mox pueri, qui in scapha erant, ad saxa adveniebant. Quamquam pueri remigare

temptabant, scapha ventis et undis longius e litore agebatur. Antimachus clamoribus e somno

incitatus est. Statim in aquam cucurrit, sed natare non potuit.

Eo ipso tempore scapha ter pulsata est. Pueri perterriti tres delphinos circum scapham

natantes conspexerunt! Delphini pueros ad litus celeriter pepulerunt. Antimachus pueros

auribus cepit et domum hos nautas malos reduxit.

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 1. 
What is the best translation for calidissimus (line 1)?
a.
hot
c.
hotter
b.
rather hot
d.
very hot
 

 2. 
In lines 2-3 (nolite … altam), what did Antimachus warn the boys not to do?
a.
go into deep water
c.
wander off
b.
argue between themselves
d.
disturb him
 

 3. 
What is the best translation for legam (line 3)?
a.
I am reading
c.
I have read
b.
I will read
d.
I will have read
 

 4. 
According to lines 3-4 (Brevi tempore … conspexerunt), what did the boys notice?
a.
Someone was distracting Antimachus.
c.
Antimachus was asleep.
b.
Antimachus was calling them back.
d.
Antimachus was swimming nearby.
 

 5. 
According to line 6, Gaius participated _____.
a.
eagerly
c.
reluctantly
b.
fearfully
d.
furtively
 

 6. 
What case are ventis and undis in line 8?
a.
dative
c.
ablative
b.
nominative
d.
genitive
 

 7. 
In lines 8-9, what does Antimachus do?
a.
He runs away.
c.
He swims.
b.
He shouts.
d.
He wakes up.
 

 8. 
What is the best translation for pulsata est (line 10)?         
a.
had struck
c.
was struck
b.
is struck
d.
will be struck
 

 9. 
What is the best translation for natantes (line 11)?
a.
swimming
c.
about to swim
b.
having swum
d.
to swim
 

 10. 
From the last sentence we learn that Antimachus was _____.
a.
happy
c.
angry
b.
confused
d.
exhausted
 



 
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