Chapter 52 · Chapter exam
Chapter 52 exam
A 9-question review of all 4 lessons in Chapter 52. 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 52 exam Chapter 52 review
9 questions · self-graded
1 Which of these are uses of the Luso form? Select all that apply Deontic modal Historical present Relative future Logical future Habitual event
Luso is used for future time, deontic modal, logical future, and relative future; historical present and habitual are Luo uses.
2 Which of these are indefinite enclitic counterparts to question words? Select all that apply ποῖος πώς τὶς ποτέ πῶς
πώς , ποτέ , and τὶς are the indefinite counterparts of πῶς , πότε , and τίς ; ποῖος and πῶς are question words.
3 In ἦλθον ἡμέρας ὁδὸν (Luke 2:44), the accusative gives the extent of the motion. True or false True False
With a verb of motion, an accusative noun referring to distance gives how far the subject moved: 'a day's journey.'
4 In ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς ; (Matt 21:23), the question asks which authority from a known list of alternatives. True or false True False
There is no known list of authorities; the question means 'what is the authority like,' unlike ποίας (ἐντολάς) , which picks from a known set.
5 In ἴδωμεν εἰ ἔρχεται Ἠλίας σώσων αὐτόν (Matt 27:49), the Luso participle σώσων is future relative to what? The time of speaking only A hypothetical eventuality A past pluperfect event A scheduled eventuality
σώσων expresses Elijah's purpose relative to the hypothetical event of his coming.
6 What meaning does the lesson say Luso contributes in all its uses? Temporal posteriority relative to a salient temporal anchor Temporal overlap with the temporal anchor Obligation Temporal precedence before the time of speaking
All Luso uses involve the time talked about coming after some salient temporal anchor, which is often but not always the time of speaking.
7 In εἴ πως δύναιντο καταντήσαντες εἰς Φοίνικα (Acts 27:12), how is πως used? Epistemically, about how likely the event is To refer to the unspecified manner of sailing To question how the event occurred To negate all ways of reaching Phoenix
With the optative, πώς refers to events that might somehow happen, reflecting the likelihood based on the speaker's knowledge.
8 Which form is the feminine nominative singular of ποῖος ? ποῖα ποίας ποία ποίαν
The fem nom sg is ποία , nearly identical to the neut nom/acc pl ποῖα ; ποίας is fem gen sg or acc pl, and ποίαν is fem acc sg.
9 What does adding πώποτε to θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν (John 1:18) do? It changes the statement's truth conditions It refers to one inspecific past time It strengthens the claim to cover every past time It turns the statement into a question
πώποτε does not change the truth conditions, but it strengthens the claim: no one has seen God at any time.
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