Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
λέγεται δὲ ὅτι οἱ ναῦται τῷ Ποσεῖδονι αἰεὶ εὔχονται.
- He tells me that it is always wise for sailors to pray to Poseidon.
- It is said that sailors always pray to Poseidon.
- The sailors say that they always pray to Poseidon.
οἱ δοῦλοι τὸν δεσπότην διαφθειρόμενον οὐχ ὁρῶσιν.
- The slaves did not see the master being destroyed.
- The slaves saw to it that their master would not be destructive.
- The slaves see their master destroying something.
εἶδον τοὺς ὁπλίτας ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἀπελαυνομένους αὖθις Ἁθήναζε.
- I saw the hoplites being driven back to Athens by the barbarians again.
- I saw some of the hoplites of the barbarians returning to Athens again.
- They say the barbarian hoplites are again coming back to Athens.
φοβοῦμαι μὴ ὑπὸ τῶν λεόντων τε νικώμεθα καὶ ἐσθιώμεθα.
- I am afraid that we not only defeated the lions; we ate them as well.
- I feared the lions and so we beat and devoured them.
- I fear that we will be defeated and eaten by the lions.
ὁ αὐτουργὸς ἡμῖν ἔφη τοὺς βοῦς οἴκαδε ταχεὼς δραμοῦσθαι.
- The farmer tells us that oxen always trot briskly on the way home.
- The farmer said to us that the the oxen would quickly run homeward.
- The farmer told us that the oxen ran quickly home.
πᾶσαι αἱ παρθένοι νομίζουσι τὸν Δικαιόπολιν τὸν θεὸν εἶναι.
- All the girls think Dikaiopolis is a god.
- Every girl asked Dikaiopolis about the god.
- All the girls think Dikaiopolis will become a god.
εἰρήνης γιγνομένης ὁ στρατηγὸς ᾤετο τὸ ἄστυ βλάπτεσθαι.
- When peace breaks out, the general heads straight for the city.
- With the arrival of peace, the general thought that the city was being harmed.
- With the advent of peace, the general asked that the city repay him.