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Week 10: Gesta Romanorum: Jovinianus

Background | Background Quiz | Starting Assumptions | Resources
Vocabulary | Etymology | Grammar
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| Quiz: Latin | Latin Composition
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Grammar Review: Ablative Absolute

The grammar preparation quiz covers the information shown below; make sure you study this information carefully before you try to take the quiz. When you are ready, log in to Blackboard to take the quiz. You can take the online quiz as often as you want; the computer will record your most recent score. The quiz will be available until Wednesday midnight.


Ablative Absolutes . Make sure you understand how to create an ablative absolute clause, so that two sentences can be combined into one..

For the quiz, you will need to supply the ablative absolute clause.

Example: (hostes interfecti sunt) __________ milites exultant.

Answer: hostibus interfectis

  1. (Sermo finitus est) _____________ populus egreditur.
  2. (Virgo cantat) _________ iuvenes saltabant.
  3. (Cibus sumptus est) ________ milites ad venandum perrexerunt.
  4. (Franciscus imperat) _____________ aves tacuerunt.
  5. (Divitiae spretae sunt) ________ nobiles Franciscum secuti sunt.
  6. (Sol oritur) __________ nos omnes e somno surgimus.
  7. (Confessio facta est) ________ eremita regem benedixit.
  8. (Deus vult) ____________, cras adveniunt.
  9. (Insidiae praeparatae sunt) ________ Dalila clamavit, "Philisthim super te,
    Samson!"
  10. (Deus invocatus est) _____________ Samson columnas concussit.
  11. (Columnae concussae sunt) __________ domus cecidit.
  12. (Exercitus advenit) __________ populus territus est.

 

 


Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring 2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/ for more info.
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