Chapter 35 · Chapter exam
Chapter 35 exam
A 10-question review of all 4 lessons in Chapter 35. 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 35 exam Chapter 35 review
10 questions · self-graded
1 In ἐφοβήθησαν τοὺς ὄχλους , ἐπεὶ εἰς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον (Matt 21:46), what does the ἐπεί clause give? A condition for their fear The reason why they feared A time when they feared An alternative to their fear
ἐπεί introduces the reason for the fear, not a cause that directly made them afraid.
2 Which constructions with ἤ are described in this chapter? Select all that apply Connecting two similar syntactic elements ('or') Preceding both contrasted elements ('either … or') 'Except' after μή Introducing the thing being compared ('than') Introducing the complement of θαυμάζω
ἤ connects similar elements, can precede each contrasted element, and can introduce what something is compared to. 'Except' and complement uses belong to εἰ .
3 What does καλόν to enter life maimed ἤ ἤ ? It requires a comparative adjective It always presents unknown alternatives It may itself contribute the idea of comparison It replaces a clause with a negator
καλόν is not a comparative form, yet two things are compared, suggesting that ἤ contributes the comparison.
4 Which of these are Aorist passive subjunctive forms? Select all that apply λυθῶμεν πορευθείς λυθῆτε πορευθῆναι λυθῶσι(ν)
The Aorist passive subjunctive is the Aorist stem + θ + active subjunctive endings. πορευθείς is a participle and πορευθῆναι an infinitive.
5 Which comparative from this chapter means 'better'? ἐλάσσων μείζων πλείων κρείττων
κρείττων means 'better'; μείζων is 'greater,' πλείων 'more,' and ἐλάσσων 'inferior.'
6 Comparatives like μείζων follow the pattern of which nouns? The first class of 3rd declension -ων nouns like τέκτων 3rd declension -ος nouns like σκεῦος 2nd declension nouns like λόγος 1st declension nouns like φωνή
μείζων declines like τέκτων : μείζων , μείζονος , μείζονι , μείζονα , etc.
7 In John 14:28, calling the father μείζων than Jesus says nothing about Jesus's authority in general, only that it is not as great as the father's. True or false True False
A comparative does not entail the positive adjective, so it neither affirms nor denies Jesus's authority in general.
8 In the disciples were astonished λέγοντες πρὸς ἑαυτούς Each disciple speaking literally to himself Possessively, 'their own' Each disciple speaking to the rest of the group, much like 'each other' Meaning 'from their own authority'
The plural reflexive here works like a reciprocal: each disciple speaks to the rest of the group, not literally to himself.
9 The reciprocal-like use of the reflexive is found in both the singular and the plural. True or false True False
This use is found only in the plural, where the action is done to the whole group.
10 When καὶ πάντες ἓν πνεῦμα ἐποτίσθημεν is passive, what happened to the one who gave the drink? It became the subject It is not expressed, since it would be the subject of the active verb It remains in the accusative It appears in the genitive
The giver would be the subject of active ποτίζω , so it is not expressed; the recipient 'we all' becomes the subject.
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