Chapter 1 · Chapter exam
Chapter 1 exam
A 9-question review of all 4 lessons in Chapter 1. Answer every question, then check your answers: each one comes with an explanation, and you can retake the exam as often as you like.
Chapter 1 exam Chapter 1 review
9 questions · self-graded
1 Which phrase shows the masculine accusative singular with its article? τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὸ τέκνον τὴν ἀδελφήν
τὸν ἄνθρωπον is masculine accusative; τὴν ἀδελφήν is feminine accusative and τὸ τέκνον is neuter.
2 Which of these forms are nominative singular? Select all that apply ἀδελφή τέκνον ἄνθρωπον ἀδελφήν ἄνθρωπος
ἄνθρωπος , ἀδελφή , and τέκνον are nominative singular (τέκνον is also accusative); ἄνθρωπον and ἀδελφήν are only accusative.
3 Which statements about the definite article are correct? Select all that apply Its form changes with the gender of the noun ὁ and ἡ are procliticsIt normally comes after the noun it modifies It is normally associated with the idea of uniqueness It has the same form for all three genders
The article varies by case and gender (ὁ , ἡ , τό) , precedes its noun, and signals a unique referent in the context; ὁ and ἡ are proclitics.
4 Grammatical gender in Greek is largely arbitrary except for words referring to people, so a noun's gender usually has to be memorized. True or false True False
For example, ἄρτος is masculine for no particular reason; except with words for people, gender should be memorized with the noun.
5 Where do grammarians generally agree an accusative object comes in the default word order? Last in the sentence Immediately before the verb At the beginning of the sentence Between the article and the noun
Scholars debate whether the basic order is SVO or VSO, but they generally agree that accusative objects come last by default.
6 Why is τύπτει listed in the vocabulary as τύπτει τήν ? The verb is feminine The verb must follow an article The verb requires an argument in the accusative case The verb is used only with female subjects
The accusative article τήν shows that the verb takes an argument in the accusative to complete its thought. The feminine gender is just a convention.
7 What is the apostrophe-like mark over the initial ἀ of ἀδελφή ? Acute accent Grave accent Smooth breathing mark Rough breathing mark
The smooth breathing mark is placed over the first vowel of a word that begins with a vowel; the rough breathing points the other way and adds an 'h' sound.
8 In John 4:50, ὁ ἄνθρωπος has the article because it refers to the unique man Jesus had just been speaking with. True or false True False
The article signals that the ἄνθρωπος is the same man just being talked about, which illustrates the uniqueness use.
9 The Greek present form κράζει must mean 'is shouting' and cannot describe a habit. True or false True False
The same form can be progressive (Matt 15:23, 'she is shouting') or habitual (Luke 9:39, 'he shouts'), depending on context.
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