Stage 12: Tremores - Interpretive Reading

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11 questions
Instructions:
Read pg 164 from Stage 12 of your textbook - http://bit.ly/Stage12Tremores
Answer the following question based on what you have read.
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What was Caecilius doing at the beginning of this story? Where was he?

1

Why was Iulius worried?

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What was Caecilius doing when the tremors began? (line 6)

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What did Caecilius say that he and Grumio had seen when they went into the garden?

2

What two things did Caecilius say he had done next? (11-12)

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Why did Iulius think that Caecilius and his household were fortissimi (line 13)?

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Why was Caecilius so sure that his Lares (gods) would look after his househould? (lines 17-19)?

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subito servus triclinium intravit (line 20). What news did he bring?

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What was Caecilius' reaction to the news? Why did he react this way?

2

Read the last three lines of the story. Why do you think Clemens has come?

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Translate lines 16 - 19 to English.