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Question 1

…ne

Answer 1

delayed negative reflects constancy of evil

Question 2

ne inter voluptates quidem

Answer 2

quidem is hyperbolic. phrase reflects plurality of pleasures and crimes

Question 3

voluptates… sceleribus

Answer 3

antithesis - however, for Nero there is little difference between crime and pleasure

Question 4

adigitur

Answer 4

firm indication from authorial T of tyranny undercuts N’s later ‘mercy’ claims

Question 5

iussi

Answer 5

early position and omission of ‘sunt’ reflects rush of mock trial (also doesn’t say who gave the order, but it is implied)

Question 6

Iuniae [what is its significance?]

Answer 6

highly prestigious family with history of tyrannicide

Question 7

[excess of words in line 5]

Answer 7

reflects excess of expense

Question 8

prodigum largitionibus

Answer 8

timeless election tactic; hypocrisy on Nero’s part

Question 9

aliam spem quam in rebus novis esse

Answer 9

dramatic and delusional

Question 10

quin

Answer 10

emphatic & forceful

Question 11

epistulis et libellis et rationibus appellet

Answer 11

polysyndetonic tricolon emphasises great responsibility of positions; setting house up for becoming emperor - flimsy charge, wealthy people have staff

Question 12

vincti

Answer 12

freedmen are returned to slavish state

Question 13

; et cum damnatio instaret

Answer 13

snappy colon - cloak and dagger effect

Question 14

brachiorum venas Torquatus interscidit

Answer 14

suicide keeps will valid; final valiant act of control; T in fact died following year, thus history is edited to blacken N’s reputation

Question 15

Neronis oratio

Answer 15

irony of public speech after private trial

Question 16

ex more

Answer 16

implies these goings-on are habitual

Question 17

quamvis sontem

Answer 17

emphatic position of ‘sontem’ - twists T’s suicide into a confession of guilt