Stage 15: caerimonia

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12 questions
Instructions:
Read the passage "caerimonia" on page 48 of your textbook. Answer the following questions based on what you have read.
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Where was the crowd gathered for the ceremony? Which three groups of people did Salvius and Quintus see there? (lines 2-5)?

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haec multitudo (line 5). Suggest two English adjectives which you think best describe the crowd in this sentnece.

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Where was the wax image? Whom did it represent? (lines 7-9)

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bona est effigies. How did Salvius explain the good quality of the image (lines 11-12)?

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In lines 13-15, how did the three different sections of the crowd behave?

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Why was the king accompanied by a boy (lines 17-18)?

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In lines 18-22, what two offerings did the king make? How did the priests assist the king in this ceremony?

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After the priests sacrificed their victms, what did the British chieftains do (lines 25-26)?

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Where was the image placed (lines 28-30)?

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servus regi facem tradidit. What did the king do with the torch? What then happened to the image (lines 30-32)?

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In lines 33-34, why did the spectators applaud?

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What two things did the king say about Claudius (lines 35-36)? What did the aquila represent?