Stage 10: Anulus Aegyptius - Read & Respond

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10 questions
Instructions:
Read the passage "Anulus Aegyptius" and answer the following questions. You may answer in English unless it specifically asks for Latin.
1

How did Syphax pay for his drink?

1

Why did he pay in this way?

2

Why do you think he meant in line 2 by saying Neptunus navem meam delevit?

3

In lines 5-6, Syphax gives three pieces of information about the ring. What are they?

2

What did the innkeeper do with the ring when he returned home?

3

uxor postridie ad urbem contendebat (line 9). Who met the wife? What two things did he make her do?

1

What did she find when she returned to the inn? (line 12)

3

What three things happened after the huge slave met the other slaves and they spotted the money? (lines 15-17)

1

Who found the ring?

3

Poppaea thought the ring was lucky. Who had the opposite opinion earlier in the story? Who do you think was write? Give evidence from the reading.