Chapter 16 · Chapter exam
Chapter 16 exam
A 10-question review of all 4 lessons in Chapter 16. 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 16 exam Chapter 16 review
10 questions · self-graded
1 How can ἐλάμβανον be parsed? Select all that apply 1st singular Eluon 3rd plural Eluon 1st plural Eluon 3rd plural Efagon
The Eluon -ον ending serves both the 1s and the 3p (ἐλάμβανον) ; the 1p is ἐλαμβάνομεν and the Efagon 3p is ἔλαβον .
2 What is the Efagon (thematic Aorist) infinitive of λαμβάνω ? λαμβάνειν ἐλάμβανεν ἔλαβον λαβεῖν
The Efagon infinitive adds -ειν to the Aorist stem with a circumflex on the ultima (λαβεῖν) ; λαμβάνειν is the Luo infinitive.
3 Which of these vocabulary verbs are learned with an infinitive as an argument? Select all that apply κελεύω προσέχω βούλομαι καθαρίζω ἐπιτρέπω στενάζω
κελεύω σε ποιεῖν , βούλομαι ποιεῖν , and ἐπιτρέπω σοι ποιεῖν all take an infinitive argument.
4 Luo and Aorist infinitives differ in aspect: the Luo infinitive is imperfective and the Aorist infinitive is perfective. True or false True False
The infinitive is tenseless; the distinction is aspectual, e.g. Aorist φαγεῖν for a single meal versus Luo ἐσθίειν for habitual eating.
5 What is the genitive plural of σάλπιγξ ? σάλπιγγες σαλπίγγων σάλπιγξι(ν) σάλπιγγας
The genitive plural uses -ων , and the long ending shifts the accent back: σαλπίγγων .
6 What does verbal mood mark? Whether the event is unreal or hypothetical Whether the event has ended When the event takes place Who performs the event
Mood marks whether an event is unreal; the indicative does not mark it as unreal, while the infinitive refers to hypothetical or unreal events.
7 A clause-initial copula, as in Καὶ ἦν Ἅννα προφῆτις , is typically used to state a property of a character the reader already knows. True or false True False
An initial copula is often existential, introducing someone into the story; Anna has not yet been introduced at this point.
8 Which statements about Luo and Aorist active infinitives are correct? Select all that apply Luo and Efagon infinitives share the ending -ειν The Efagon infinitive has a circumflex on the ultima The Elusa infinitive attaches -σαι to the Luo stem The Luo infinitive is accented on the ultima The Elusa infinitive uses a different stem from Luo
The Luo infinitive accent is regressive (λαμβάνειν) , and Elusa uses the Luo stem (ἀκοῦσαι) ; the other statements are correct.
9 In Do you not have houses in which ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν (1 Cor 11:22), why is the Luo infinitive used? It refers to a single meal It refers to habitual eating and drinking It marks the past tense It refers to entry into a new state
The imperfective Luo infinitive often refers to habitual events; here, regular eating and drinking rather than a one-time event.
10 What does ἕτοιμος , -η , -ον mean? ready my clean evil
ἕτοιμος is glossed ‘ready’; ἐμός means ‘my.’
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