Chapter 21 · Chapter exam
Chapter 21 exam
A 9-question review of all 4 lessons in Chapter 21. 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 21 exam Chapter 21 review
9 questions · self-graded
1 What is the Aorist 3rd person plural of δίδωμι ? δεδώκασι(ν) ἐδώκατε ἔδωκαν ἔδωκε(ν)
The Aorist -μι forms have the augment and Elusa-like endings with κ : ἔδωκαν (δεδώκασι(ν) would be Leluka).
2 Why is the Aorist of ἀφίημι ἀφῆκα ? The augment goes between ἀπό and ἵημι , and the ι drops: ἀφέηκα → ἀφῆκα It reduplicates the initial vowel It is a Leluka form with a lost κ It follows the -βαινω Aorist pattern
As a particle verb (ἀπό + ἵημι) , the augment goes between the morphemes; the present’s reduplicated ι is lost, giving ἀφέηκα → ἀφῆκα .
3 Which of these are Eluon medio-passive singular forms? Select all that apply ἐμάχετο μάχομαι ἐμαχόμην ἐμάχου μάχεται
Eluon has the augment with the Luo stem and endings -μην , -σο (contracted to -ου) , -το : ἐμαχόμην , ἐμάχου , ἐμάχετο .
4 Which statements about the indefinite pronoun τις are true? Select all that apply It is an enclitic It refers to an entity unknown to the speaker Its accent falls on the last syllable It always comes before the noun it modifies It refers to an entity unfamiliar to the hearer
τις is an enclitic accented on the last syllable and marks an entity unfamiliar to the hearer; WH-words mark what is unknown to the speaker, and τις follows the noun it modifies.
5 According to enclitic rule 7, an enclitic that begins a clause loses its accent. True or false True False
An enclitic starting a clause always retains its accent, as with εἰμὶ γάρ in John 13:13.
6 Which form is the dative plural of the indefinite pronoun τις ? τινῶν τινάς τινί τισί(ν)
The dat pl (masc/fem and neut) is τισί(ν) ; τινί is dat sg.
7 Why does this lesson suggest the Aorist is used for the generic statements of James 1:11? The Aorist is really a present tense Each event has a natural endpoint, and the Aorist includes the endpoint The events happened only once in the past The Aorist marks the beginning of each event
The sun rises, the flower falls, and beauty perishes to an endpoint; the perfective Aorist says each occurrence reaches its endpoint.
8 In this book’s system for marking verb arguments, which marker shows an argument that is strictly inanimate? σε τὶ τὶς
σε marks animate arguments, τὶς marks unmarked arguments (not necessarily animate), and the neuter τὶ marks strictly inanimate ones.
9 In ‘Many Jews went up to Jerusalem πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα’ (John 11:55), which sense of πρό is used? In front of a physical location Before everything else in priority Before an event in time Under the authority of
Here πρό is temporal: ‘before the Passover.’
Become a fluent reader of the biblical languages Biblingo is the only language-learning app (mobile and web) that provides everything you need to go from zero knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, and Latin to reading the Bible in its original and historic languages — all in one place.
Start Free Trial