04.02.27: Level 2 (review); Carolus et Maria [40] (1)

[1]

Ōlim vesperī magistra cum discipulīs ad silvam it. Cēnam portāvērunt. Secūrēs sūmpsērunt. Puerī arborēs parvās secūribus suīs cecīdērunt frēgēruntque quod ignem facere voluērunt. Post cēnam omnēs circum ignem sē disposuērunt. Intereā discipulī fābulam postulāvērunt. Hōc modō magistra nārrāre incēpit:

[i] When does this scene take place? (1)

[ii] What exactly do the boys want to do with the axes and why? (3)

[iii] What happened after dinner? (1)

[iv] What did the pupils want? (1)

[2]

“Multīs ante annīs per hās ipsās silvās prīmī incolae Americānī errābant. Barbarī ab hostibus Britannīs appellābantur. Saepe apud hōs incolās ignēs huius generis vidēbantur. Apud Britannōs cōnspectus eōrum ignium signum perīculī esse putābātur, quandō ipsī aut fugiēbant aut in castella sē recipiēbant et per vigiliās noctis sine quiēte sē dēfendēbant. Saepe Britannī secūrēs sūmēbant et arborēs caedēbant. Tum castella validiōra faciēbant.

[i] Who used to wander through the forests? (1)

[ii] How does the teacher emphasise that she is discussing the woods where they are now? Quote and translate the Latin phrase. (2)

[iii] What is the meaning of signum perīculī, and to what precisely is the teacher referring? (2)

[iv] How do we know that the British were afraid? (4)

[v] How were the forts made stonger? (1)

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[1]

[i] One evening

[ii] They cut down (1) and broke small trees (1) in order to make a fire (1)

[iii] Everyone gathered around / positioned themselves around the fire.

[iv] a story

[2]

[i] the first American inhabitants

[ii] per hās ipsās silvās (1) |  through these very (same) woods (1)

[iii] a sign of danger (1); the fires made by inhabitants (1)

[iv] They fled (1) or retreated into forts (1) and stayed on guard through the night (1) without sleep (1)

[v] by cutting down trees with axes (1)