Chapter 38 · Chapter exam
Chapter 38 exam
A 9-question review of all 4 lessons in Chapter 38. 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 38 exam Chapter 38 review
9 questions · self-graded
1 Which of these is an Aorist passive form of ἀνοίγω ? ἤνοιξα ἠνοίχθην ἀνοίξω ἀνέῳγα
γ + θ can yield χθ in the Aorist passive: ἠνοίχθην (or ἠνοίγην) . ἤνοιξα is active Aorist, ἀνοίξω future, ἀνέῳγα perfect.
2 Which are functions of the particle ὡσεί ? Select all that apply Comparing one object to another (‘as if’) Introducing a reason (‘because’) Marking an approximate amount (‘about’) Marking a temporal boundary (‘until’)
ὡσεί compares objects (ὡσεὶ περιστεράν) and marks approximate amounts (ὡσεὶ δώδεκα) .
3 Which form is the Leluka active of καταβαίνω ? καταβῆναι καταβήσομαι καταβέβηκα κατέβην
In Leluka the Aorist stem is used with reduplication: καταβέβηκα .
4 In τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί ; (Matt 20:6), ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν supplies the explicit duration needed for a universal perfect reading. True or false True False
ἑστήκατε is a state and ‘the whole day’ gives its duration, so both conditions for a universal perfect are met.
5 A speaker of lower social rank than the addressee will normally use an imperative to make a what? command suggestion request prediction
Authoritative speakers give commands, peers make suggestions, and lower-ranking speakers make requests (e.g. κύριε , σῶσόν με) .
6 The Luo middle imperative endings -ου and -εσθε are identical to which other endings? The Aorist active infinitive The 2nd person Eluon endings The 3rd person Luo endings The Aorist passive imperative endings
They match the 2nd person Eluon endings; it is the Elusa middle singular -σαι that resembles the Aorist active infinitive.
7 Which of these are Aorist (not Luo) forms of δίδωμι ? Select all that apply δῶμεν διδῶμεν δός δίδου δοῦναι διδόναι
The reduplication of Luo -μι verbs disappears in the Aorist, so δῶμεν , δός , and δοῦναι are Aorist; the reduplicated forms are Luo.
8 All Greek numbers in the tens place, including δέκα and εἴκοσι , are formed by adding -κοντα to the single digit. True or false True False
δέκα ‘ten’ and εἴκοσι ‘twenty’ are the exceptions; the others follow the pattern (τριάκοντα , τεσσεράκοντα , πεντήκοντα) .
9 What does ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω (John 6:66) say about many of Jesus’s disciples? They looked behind themselves They went back and stopped following him They went ahead of him They rested together
εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ‘back’ with a verb of going means they went back home and stopped following him.
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