Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
ὁ στρατηγός, ὅς τὴν ἀπορίαν ἐφοβεῖτο, οὐ τῇ τύχῃ ἐπιστεύεν.
- The general whom we perplexingly feared was himself mistrustful of Fortune.
- The general who overcame his profound sense of loss trusted in chance.
- The general who feared perplexity did not trust in chance.
μηκέτι εἴκε τινὶ μετὰ τοῦ νοῦ κάκου!
- Don't yield yield to someone with an evil mind.
- I think he lives on an evil island.
- Why don't you trust my evil mind?
ὁ Θεμιστοκλής, σοφὸς ὤν, ἠνάγκασεν αὐτοὺς γνῶναι καὶ ἀκούειν αὐτοῦ λόγον.
- Themistocles, the wisest of those present, knew that, in time, they would learn to love him and listen to his speech.
- Being the wisest of the bunch, Themistocles was compelled to listen to and to learn from no one.
- Themistocles, being clever, compelled them to learn and to listen to his speech.
ἔγνων ὅτι ὁ βοῦς ἐν νῷ ἔσχεν αὖθις φυγεῖν.
- We sensed that the ox was preparing another escape.
- I learned that the ox was again intending to flee.
- The ox was learned in all escape-related matters.
ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν ναύαρχον ἐκέλευσεν οὐ μόνον τὸ ἱερὸν τιμᾶν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς δοῦλιας ἐλευθεροῦν.
- The priest ordered the admiral not only to honour the temple, but also to set the slaves free.
- The temple was honoured by the visit of the admiral and the freedwomen.
- A priest, an admiral, and a group of freedwomen walk into a temple.
οὐκ ἆρα τὴν ἅπασαν τῶν πολέμιων πόλιν διέφθειρας;
- Why don't you and all your enemies go and destroy a city together?
- All the cities of the enemy were not destroyed.
- Didn't you destroy the whole city of the enemy?
πιστεύοντες ὡς εὐθὺς μέλλουσι τῷ ἄστει ἐμπίπτειν, οἱ ὁπλίται ἦσαν μάλα ἕτοιμοι.
- Confident in the city's ability to attack, the hoplites were not especially ready.
- Believing that they were about to attack the city immediately, the hoplites were very prepared.
- Despite knowing that the city would immediatley fall, the hoplites were ill-prepared.