12.07.25: Level 2; Sonnenschein: Rōbur et Aes Triplex [3](ii); listening

[1]

[Hōra iam decima erat cum ā Rēgālī nōs in scapham dedimus. Tum ad lītus rēmigāre necesse erat; nam ventus adversus erat. Ego et Marcus ūnā cum patruō meō et nautā veterānō rēmīs labōrāvimus. Sed nōn ante undecimam hōram in lītore stetimus. Dum domum properāmus, imber fuit, et necesse erat in tabernā aliquantum temporis exspectāre: intrāvimus et nōs recreāvimus; nam fatīgātī erāmus.]

In what order are the following first mentioned?*

adverse wind

feeling tired

hurrying home

rain

rowing to the shore

rowing together

time they left the ship

time they reached the shore

waiting at an inn

[2]

[Sed 'post tenebrās lūx.' Cum domum adventāvimus, amita mea et Lȳdia "Ubi tam diū fuistis?" inquiunt; "nōs anxiae fuimus; sed cēna iam parāta est." Tum nōs "Multa spectāvimus" inquimus; "ambulātiō longa sed pergrāta et ūtilis fuit."]

Choose [a], [b] or [c]

[i] The writer says post tenebrās lūx because:

[a] good things always happen after bad things

[b] it’s the following morning

[c] the weather improves

[ii] When they got home, the writer’s aunt and Lydia first …

[a] said dinner was ready

[b] asked them where they’d been

[c] said they were worried

[iii] They replied that …

[a] they had seen something useful

[b] they had been on a short but enjoyable walk

[c] the walk had been useful and enjoyable

[3]

[Post cēnam Marcus et Alexander Dubrās in vehiculō properāvērunt. Ego per noctem dē Britannīs antīquīs et dē classe Britannicā hodiernā somniāvī. Ante oculōs erant virī fortēs membrīs robustīs, flāvīs capillīs, oculīs caeruleīs cum Rōmānīs terrā marīque pugnantēs.]

[i] When and how did Mark and Alexander return to Dover? (2)

[ii] What did the writer dream about? (2)

[iii] Which phrase suggests his dream was vivid? (1)

[iv] Complete the translation of the final sentence (7): erant virī fortēs membrīs robustīs, flāvīs capillīs, oculīs caeruleīs cum Rōmānīs terrā marīque pugnantēs

There were __________ men with sturdy __________, __________ hair, __________ eyes who were __________ with the Romans on __________ and __________.

____________________

* [1] 

adverse wind [3]

feeling tired [9]

hurrying home [6]

rain [7]

rowing to the shore [2]

rowing together [4]

time they left the ship [1]

time they reached the shore [5]

waiting at an inn [8]

[1] Hōra iam decima erat cum ā Rēgālī nōs in scapham dedimus. Tum [2] ad lītus rēmigāre necesse erat; nam [3] ventus adversus erat. [4] Ego et Marcus ūnā cum patruō meō et nautā veterānō rēmīs labōrāvimus. Sed [5] nōn ante undecimam hōram in lītore stetimus. Dum [6] domum properāmus, [7] imber fuit, et necesse erat [8] in tabernā aliquantum temporis exspectāre: intrāvimus et nōs recreāvimus; nam [9] fatīgātī erāmus.