16 Mar 23: NLE Intermediate Reading Comprehension

In line 3, why did the wild beasts approach Orpheus?

What word does ferentes (line 3) modify?

Where does Orpheus praise the offspring of the gods (lines 4-5)?

Based on this passage, which is an accurate image of Mercury's wand, known as the caduceus?

To whom or what do eo and ei (in line 8) refer?

In line 7 (Mercurius . . . cepit), which of Mercury's roles is most evident?

The abbreviation based on senatum populumque Romanum (line 13) represents Roman

In line 7, what does alius exercitus mean?

What Latin phrase (lines 1-2) tells us from what the lyre was made?

By his use of the phrase ut bene scis (line 6), Hyginus indicates that he

In line 7, who took the cows?

In line 5, Scipio wishes that the soldiers were fighting

Who invented they lyre (lines 1-2)?

In line 6, to what does de quibus quondam pugnabatur refer?

What would be an appropriate Latin title for this passage?

What is the meaning of "Alius alium petebat" in line 11?

Scipio adds in lines 8-9 (nec Alpes . . . sinunt) that

In lines 12-13 (Nec . . . Romanum), soldiers are reminded of

Based on the tenses of the Latin verbs in line 6, what happened first?

What causes the narrator to exclaim "miserabile dictu" in line 6?

What does Scipio convey to the soldiers with the phrase est pugnandum in both line 7 and 9?

In line 8, hostes transeunt refers to Hannibal's army

What did Mercury see once he set out into Arcadia (lines 9-11)?

In lines 7-8 (Nec . . . obsistat), what does Scipio point out?

What is Scipio's main point in lines 1-3 (Itaque . . . videatis)?

In lines 6-7 (Non . . . pugnandum), Scipio asserts the need for the Roman soldiers to

In lines 8-9, Apollo believes that this exchange is fitting because he is the god of

The subject of coacta est (line 6) is

What is the best meaning of nostrum in line 11?

In the Roman army, moenia (line 10), agger, and vallum were all

Sicilia et Sardinia sunt ____.

What did Mercury do with his wand (lines 11-12)?

At the end of this passage (Qualis . . . imperii), Scipio expresses to his soldiers the importance of

According to lines 1-2 (ego . . . soletis), how are Roman soldiers accustomed to fight?

What derivative of the Latin root found in plicaverunt (line 12) means to unfold or reveal meaning?

What did Apollo receive in return (lines 8-9)?

In lines 11-12 (Quisque nostrum . . . parvos) Scipio tells his soldiers to think they

How does Scipio want his soldiers to feel (line 2)?

To whom does furiosum iuvenem refer (lines 3-4)?

In lines 9-10 (Hic . . . defendamus), what does Scipio assert that the Romans should do?