Stage 8: vēnātiō

Master Latin with Stage 8 Vēnātiō! Dive into story comprehension & grammar practice.

The following questions are based on the story vēnātiō on pagīna 105. Re-read the story and answer the questions below. Use the glossary to help you. postquam... intrāvērunt (lines 1–2) What two things happened after the retarii left the arena? Support your answer with Latin quotes from the story. What Latin word indicates how the deer felt? What two things happened to them? Use lines 4–5. In lines 68, why did the wolves chase the dogs? How did the chase end? Supply Latin quotes from the story to support your answer. In lines 9–10, what were the different feelings of the Nucerians and the Pompeians? Quote Latin from the story to support your answer. Why did the Pompeians feel this way? hint: you should think about both this story and the last one in answering this question. Flip back to the storyin arēnā to review. Rēgulus ... signum dedit (line 12). What happened next? Quote from the Latin to support your answer. What would the spectators have expected to happen after the beastfighter entered in lines 13–14? What went wrong? Quote from the Latin to support your answer. Why were the Pompeians angry? What did they do? Quote from the Latin to support your answer. Pompēiānī ... interfēcērunt (lines 19–20). What made the riot so serious? Quote from the Latin to support your answer. Re-read the last sentence of the story. Why do you think the word "ecce!" is put in front of it? Grammar practice! Pay close attention to each Latin sentence to answer the following questions. lupī, quod valdē ēsuriēbant, canēs ferōciter petīvērunt.Which Latin word did the action in this sentence? lupī valdē canēs ferōciter canēs erant fortissimī, sed lupī facile canēs superāvērunt.Which of the following is true? The dogs overcame the wolves. The wolves overcame the dogs. The dogs and the wolves overcame something else. Something else overcame the dogs and the wolves. subitō multī cervī arēnam intrāvērunt.What case is arēnam in this sentence?hint: if you need to review the terms "nominative" and "accusative", you can look at pāgina 21 in your book. nominative accusative both nominative and accusative neither nominative nor accusative sanguis nōn in arēnā sed per viās fluēbat.What case is sanguis? nominative accusative both nominative and accusative neither nominative nor accusative canēs statim cervōs perterritōs agitāvērunt et interfēcērunt.What case is cervōs? nominative accusative both nominative and accusative case neither nominative nor accusative case Pompēiānī Rēgulum et Nūcerīnōs ex amphitheātrō agitāvērunt.What case is Pompēiānī? nominative accusative both nominative and accusative neither nominative nor accusative