Develop Interpretations About POV/Attitude Practice Test

Scenario (Emotional Expression): Read Ovid’s plea from exile.

Latin (Ovid, Tristia 1.3.1-9), lines I-IX:

I. Cum subit illius tristissima noctis imago,

II. qua mihi supremum tempus in urbe fuit,

III. cum repeto noctem, qua tot mihi cara reliqui,

IV. labitur ex oculis nunc quoque gutta meis.

V. Iam prope lux aderat, qua me discedere Caesar

VI. finibus extremae iusserat Ausoniae.

VII. nec spatium fuerat nec mens satis apta parandi;

VIII. torpuerant longa pectora nostra mora.

IX. (context: Ovid recalls his last night in Rome.)

Summary: Ovid recalls his final night in Rome with tears, emphasizing forced departure by Caesar’s order.

Key phrases (attitude): tristissima, supremum tempus, labitur... gutta, iusserat.

Question: What attitude is conveyed in lines I-IV of the passage?

Scenario (Heroic Perspective): Read Aeneas’ internal conflict.

Latin (Vergil, Aeneid 4.331-339), lines I-IX:

I. At pius Aeneas, quamquam lenire dolentem

II. solando cupit et dictis avertere curas,

III. multa gemens magnoque animum labefactus amore,

IV. iussa tamen divum exsequitur classemque revisit.

V. Tum vero Teucri incumbunt et litore celsas

VI. deducunt toto navis; natat uncta carina;

VII. frondentisque ferunt remos et robora silvis

VIII. infabricata, fugae studio.

IX. (context: Aeneas prepares to leave Dido.)

Summary: Though emotionally shaken, Aeneas obeys divine commands and returns to his fleet for departure.

Key phrases (attitude): pius Aeneas, multa gemens, iussa tamen divum exsequitur.

Question: In lines I-IV, what is the author's attitude toward Aeneas’ decision?