Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
εἴσελθε, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ἀλλὰ δεῦρο τό ἄροτρον καταλίπε.
- King! Come here and get the plough!
- Go in, King, but leave the plough here.
- Oh King, why do you always leave the plough here?
ἡ κύων, τοὺς λύκους ἐσθίοντας τὰ μῆλα θεασαμένη, μάλ' ἐφρόντισεν.
- The dog was worried that the watching wolves would want to eat him.
- The dog, having watched a wolf pack devour a sheep, is very worried.
- The dog, watching the wolves eating the flocks, was very worried.
ἐγὼ μὲν μέγας ἦν, ὑμεῖς δὲ μίκροι ἦτε.
- I was big and they were small.
- I, on the one hand, was big; you, on the other, were small.
- I am great; you, however, are small.
ἡ κόρη, τὸν μεγιστὸν λύκον μαχεσάμενη, αὐτὸν ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου.
- The girl, having seen a massive wolf, ran out of the house.
- The girl, threw something out of the house at the biggest wolf she saw.
- The girl, having fought the biggest wolf, threw him out of the house.
ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπεκρινάμην ὅτι οὐκ ἔξεστί μοι φροντίςειν.
- And I replied that it was not possible for me to worry.
- I answered, saying that I was not in the least concerned.
- And I replied that it was impossible for me to do this.
ὁ ποιητής, ἐκ τῆς μάχης φυγών, πρὸς τὸ ἄστυ ὥρμησεν.
- The poet, fleeing the battle, rushes to the city.
- The poet, having fled the battle, rushed to the city.
- Poets set out for the city whenever they flee battles.