Collegiate Questions—Advanced Flashcards
Listen carefully to the following passage, which is Sophonisba’s speech after she is captured by Massinissa, then answer the questions that follow in English:
“Omnia quidem ut possīs in mē, dī dedērunt virtūsque tua. Sed sī captīvae ōrāre licet, precor nē mē in Rōmānōrum arbitrium venīre sinās. Multum Carthāginiēnsī timendum est, plūs etiam Hasdrubālis fīliae.”
The question: What two aspects of Sophonisba’s identity make her especially frightened of coming into
the Romans’ power?
BEING A CARTHAGINIAN AND DAUGHTER OF HASDRUBAL
B1: What did the gods grant Massinissa?
THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING TO SOPHONISBA
B2: The passage continues, describing Massinissa’s reaction to the speech:
Itaque cum propius blanditiās iam ōrātiō esset quam precēs, in amōrem prōlāpsus est victōr.
The question: How does the author characterize Sophonisba’s speech?
CLOSER TO FLATTERY THAN {BEGGING / PRAYER}
Listen to this passage, describing Laelius’s arrival shortly after the events of the semis passage, and answer the question that follows in Latin:
Nūptiīs habitīs supervēnit Laelius, et adeō nōn dissimulāvit sē hoc factum improbāre, ut eam tractāre ut captīvam cōnātus sit. Victus est autem precibus Masinissae, ōrantis ut Scīpiō dēcerneret utrīus rēgis fortūnam Sophonisba habēret.
The question: Quid ā Laeliō improbātum est, cum huic reī supervēnisset?
NŪPTIAE (HABITAE Ā MASSINISSĀ ET SOPHONISBĀ // MASSINISSAE ET SOPHONISBAE)
[PROMPT ON “HOC FACTUM” WITH “PROMPT: QUID FACTUM ERAT?”]
B1: Answer in English: in what manner did Laelius present his negative reaction to the marriage?
OPENLY // WITHOUT HIDING IT
B2: What agreement did Laelius and Massinissa come to in the end?
THAT SCIPIO WOULD DECIDE WHICH OF THE TWO KINGS’ {FATE /
FORTUNE} SOPHONISBA WOULD HAVE
