Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς παισίν ἐζητηέντο εἰσι τῇ προτεραίᾳ.
- The women had been sought by the children on the day before.
- The women along with the children will be hunting on the following day.
- The women with the children had been searching for the temple.
ὁ τοῦ βασιλεὼς ἵππος ἐν τῇ ὕλῃ κεῖται, ὑπὸ τῷ λυκῷ βεβλαμμένος.
- The horse of the king lies down in the woods, harmed by the wolf.
- The king's horse sleeps in the woods, lying near the wolf.
- The regal horse, in order to decieve the wolf, lies down in the woods.
τῷ ἀνδρείως μάχεσθαι, τὸν πόλεμον ἐνίκησαν.
- For him, to fight bravely was to win the war.
- They defeated the enemy and fought bravely against him.
- By fighting bravely they won the war.
αἱ νῆες, ἐν τῷ λίμενι τεταγμέναι, παρεσκεύασαν πλεῖν.
- Although the ships were ready to sail, they remained tied to the dock.
- The ships, having been marshalled in the harbour, were ready to sail.
- The ships were once ready to sail but were now sinking in the harbour.
ὁ ὁπλίτης τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις ἐλέλυτο ἵνα οἱ τὴν αὐτοῦ τίμην σῴζοιεν.
- The hoplite said that his honour had been saved by the Spartans.
- With his honour saved, the hoplite freed the Spartans from their obligation.
- The hoplite had been ransomed by the Spartans in order to save his honour.
ἡ Πυθία οὐκ ἔφη τὸ χρηστήριον αὐτῇ δεδηλώσθαι.
- The pythia did not say that the oracle had been clearly shown to her.
- The Pythia did not reveal what had been said to her.
- The pythia denied that the oracle had been shown to her.
ἡ Πυθία ἔφη τὸ χρηστήριον αὐτῇ μὴ δεδηλώσθαι.
- The pythia said that the oracle had not been clearly shown to her.
- The oracle was said to be unclear to the Pythia herself.
- The Pythia did not reveal what had been said to her.