- who is Dido?
- Aeneas's younger sister
- Queen of the Carthage
- The Goddess of Sorrow
- A greek housewife
- How do the first four feet of line 160 (perque fugae comitēs, Dardana sacra, deōs!) Scan?
- SSDS
- SDSD
- DDSD
- none of the above
- Why is "superent" (161), "sit"(162), "inpleat"(163) in line in the subjunctive?
- Hortatory
- Optative
- Potential
- Deliberative
- What type of clause is the noun “meum” in line 166 a part of?
- Relative Clause
- Jussive clause
- Indirect statement
- Purpose clause
- Which of Ovid's collections of poems is this letter a part of?
- Heroides
- Metamorphoses
- Amores
- Tristia
- Why is ipsa in the ablative line 176?
- ipsa is not in the ablative case
- Ablative absolute
- Ablative of reference
- Ablative of certain prepositions
- What is the case and case use of "tempus" in line 175?
- Nominative, Subject
- Accusative, Direct Object
- Genitive, Partitive
- Vocative, Direct Address
- What poetic device occurs in line 193?
- Homeoteleuton
- Synchesis
- Hendyaidys
- Chiasmus
- What does Dido do immediately after finishing the letter?
- She runs away from home in order to find Aeneas
- She goes out in hope of finding another partner
- She kills herself with the sword that Aeneas left behind
- She gathers resources and establishes a city called Rome
- Tricky* During what time period did Ovid write this poem?
- 102-87 B.C.
- 25-16 B.C.
- 24-31 A.D.
- 56-69 A.D.
Answers: 1: Queen of Carthage 2: none of the above, 3: potential, 4: Indirect Statement, 5: Heroides 6: ipsa is not ablative 7. Accusative, Direct Object, 8: Chiasmus, 9: She kills herself with Aeneas's sword, 10: 25-16 B.C. (the only option where he was alive)