Comprehension 1
What did Paris and Domitia find at the back gate?
The rest of the soldiers bursting into the house.
What was the sound Paris heard next?
He fell off the roof and onto the ground.
What happened to Paris?
A perfect tense verb in line 2.
What is invenerunt?
A noun in the genitive in line 13.
What is militum?
Domitia was despairing; Paris was bold and clever.
How did Domitia react? How did Paris react?
He ordered that the flames be extinguished.
What did the tribune then order?
She was near the house waiting for Paris.
To where had Domitia gone? Why had she gone there?
Superlative adjectives in line 4.
What are audacissimum and callidisimum?
A verb in the subjunctive mood in line 16.
What is esset?
He proceeded through the back gate and made himself visible to the guards.
What did Paris do once Domitia was hidden?
He understood how much danger he was in, but he did not despair.
What did Paris then realize, but how did he react?
She heard the crash coming from there.
What caused her to return to the garden?
A deponent participle (perfect active participle) in line 5.
What is progressus?
A result clause in line 25-26.
What is tantus...adveniret.
He led them back into the garden.
To where did he lead them?
A tree
What did Paris try to use for his escape?
She threw herself towards him and gave him kisses.
What two things did she do when she saw Paris?
A deponent verb in line 8.
A deponent infinitive in line 30.
What is deduci?
He was rushing here and there and was mocking the soldiers.
What was Paris doing to make the soldiers more and more angry?
The tiles on the roof were slippery.
Why didn't his plan work?
The head of Paris.
What evidence was brought back to Epaphroditus?
An ablative of means in line 10.
An adjective in line 31.