Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ ἅνεμος ἦν χαλεπός, οὐκ πρὸς τὸ ἄστυ ἔπλεις.
- Because the enemy was still hostile, you didn't attack the city.
- And when the wind was settled, did you not sail on the city?
- When the wind was difficult you did not sail to the city.
ἡμεῖς μὲν ἐν τῇ ταχεῖᾳ νηὶ ἐσπεύδομεν, αἱ δὲ μητέρες ἠροτρεύον.
- While we were hurrying in the swift ship, the mothers were ploughing.
- While we were hurrying to the svelte isle, the matrons were rowing.
- You may speed along in your boat, but the mothers are still ploughing.
ὁ ἔμπορος ᾧ ἠρέσσομεν σώφρων οὐκ ἦν.
- The merchant with whom we rowed was not wise.
- The merchant whom we rowed was not wise.
- The merchant who rowed us was not wise.
ἐκεῖνος ὁ ἀνὴρ πάντα ἔφερεν ἅ ἐκελεύον αἱ γυναῖκες.
- This man carried everything that the women ordered.
- That man carried everything that the women ordered.
- That is the man who bore all that the women ordered.
οἱ δοῦλοι οἷς ὠργιζόμην οὐκ ἡσυχάζειν ἤθελον.
- The slaves with whom I grow angry are refusing to keep quiet
- The slaves with whom I set out, were refusing to keep quiet.
- The slaves with whom I grew angry were refusing to keep quiet.
οἱ παῖδες τοὺς τεκόντας ἀιεὶ ἐτίμων.
- The girls were always honouring their parents.
- The children were always honouring their parents.
- The boys are honouring their parents.
οἱ ἡμίονοι τὸν ἀγρὸν ἐφύλαττον ὅν ἡμεῖς ἐγεωργοῦμεν.
- The mules were guarding the field while they were farming.
- The mules were guarding the field which we were farming.
- The mules were guarding the money which you were farming.