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Question 1Latin morphology and syntax

In Latin Übersetzung, which first parse is usually highest yield for a finite verb?

  1. Only rhyme scheme as in English sonnets
  2. Person, number, tense, mood, voice-then match subject and syntax Correct answer.
  3. Only modern German word order without morphology
  4. Only ignoring endings because dictionaries list full sentences

Explanation

Morphological parse of the finite verb anchors clause structure for Latin→German Übersetzung-essential exam literacy beyond Schwerpunkt content.

Question 2Latin morphology and syntax

An ablative absolute (ablativus absolutus) is best described as which construction?

  1. A mandatory subjunctive in every purpose clause only
  2. A hexameter foot consisting of five shorts
  3. A noun + participle (or equivalent) in the ablative forming a circumstantial phrase loosely attached to the main clause Correct answer.
  4. A Trajanic letter greeting formula

Explanation

Ablative absolutes are high-frequency in Caesar and also appear in elevated prose/poetry contexts; misreading them wrecks Übersetzung.

Question 3Latin morphology and syntax

AcI (accusativus cum infinitivo) most often reports what?

  1. Indirect statement: subject accusative + infinitive after verbs of saying/thinking/perceiving Correct answer.
  2. Only direct commands with imperative alone
  3. Only ablative of means without verbs
  4. Only dactylic hexameter without syntax

Explanation

AcI is ubiquitous in Caesar’s reportorial prose and appears across authors-core Übersetzung literacy for neu aufgenommen and allgemein.

Question 4Latin reading and translation

When first approaching a long Latin sentence in an unseen translation, what is the recommended first analytical step?

  1. Translate the words in their printed order, resolving difficulties as they arise
  2. Look up every unknown word in the dictionary before reading the sentence
  3. Identify the finite verb(s) and map the clause structure (main clause, subordinate clauses, participial constructions) Correct answer.
  4. Rewrite the sentence in German word order before determining any forms

Explanation

Sound method starts with structure: find the finite verb, assign subject and objects, then locate subordinate clauses, AcI constructions, participles, and ablative absolutes. Only with the skeleton clear can forms be determined reliably - LehrplanPLUS explicitly trains the analysis of complex periods with self-chosen methods such as graphical layouts.

Question 5Latin reading and translation

What is generally the best way to render an ablative absolute such as "pace facta" into adequate German?

  1. Word for word: "dem Frieden gemacht"
  2. As a German subordinate clause matching the context: "nachdem der Frieden geschlossen worden war" Correct answer.
  3. Omit it, since German has no ablative
  4. Always as a relative clause: "der Frieden, der gemacht wurde"

Explanation

German has no ablative absolute, so the construction is usually unpacked into a subordinate clause whose conjunction reflects the context - temporal (nachdem/als), causal (weil/da), or concessive (obwohl). Pace facta most naturally becomes "nachdem der Frieden geschlossen worden war". A nominal rendering with a preposition can occasionally work, but a clause is the standard solution.

Question 6Latin reading and translation

How is an AcI such as "putant hostes fugere" normally rendered in German?

  1. With a dass-clause, adjusting the tense to the Latin infinitive: "Sie glauben, dass die Feinde fliehen" Correct answer.
  2. With an infinitive phrase mirroring Latin: "Sie glauben die Feinde fliehen"
  3. With a relative clause: "die Feinde, die fliehen, glauben sie"
  4. With a conditional clause: "wenn die Feinde fliehen, glauben sie es"

Explanation

German cannot reproduce the AcI literally; the standard rendering is a dass-clause (or, stylistically, a verb-first clause). The German tense tracks the Latin infinitive: present infinitive = simultaneous (fliehen/fliehen), perfect infinitive = prior (geflohen seien), future infinitive = subsequent (fliehen würden).

Question 7Latin reading and translation

"Epistula scribenda est." Which German translation captures the gerundive correctly?

  1. "Der Brief wird geschrieben."
  2. "Der Brief wurde geschrieben."
  3. "Der Brief muss geschrieben werden." Correct answer.
  4. "Der Brief ist geschrieben worden."

Explanation

The gerundive with esse expresses necessity or obligation, so German uses müssen/sollen plus a passive infinitive: "Der Brief muss geschrieben werden." Where a dative of agent is present (mihi epistula scribenda est), German can switch to an active paraphrase: "Ich muss den Brief schreiben."

Question 8Latin reading and translation

Latin participial constructions like "Caesar, haec locutus, abiit" are typically best rendered into German by:

  1. Expanding the participle into a subordinate or main clause: "Nachdem Caesar dies gesagt hatte, ging er fort" Correct answer.
  2. Keeping a participle in the same position: "Caesar, dies gesagt habend, ging fort"
  3. Ignoring the participle, since German prefers finite verbs
  4. Always translating the participle as an infinitive with zu

Explanation

German participial attributes quickly become unidiomatic, so participles are usually resolved into clauses whose conjunction matches the context (nachdem, als, weil, obwohl, und dann). The tense of the participle guides the German tense: the perfect participle locutus marks an action prior to abiit.

Question 9Latin vocabulary and etymology

What does the phrase "bellum gerere" mean?

  1. To end a war
  2. To declare peace
  3. To carry weapons
  4. To wage war Correct answer.

Explanation

"Bellum gerere" is the standard idiom 'to wage/carry on war', frequent in historical narrative. Related idioms: bellum indicere ('declare war'), bellum conficere ('finish a war').

Question 10Latin vocabulary and etymology

What does "iter facere" mean in military and travel narratives?

  1. To travel or march Correct answer.
  2. To build a road
  3. To make a mistake
  4. To do business

Explanation

"Iter facere" = 'to make a journey, to march': exercitus magnum iter fecit ('the army made a long march'). It is one of the most common idioms in Roman historical prose.

Question 11Latin vocabulary and etymology

What does "poenas dare" mean?

  1. To give thanks
  2. To pay the penalty, be punished Correct answer.
  3. To make a demand
  4. To offer a reward

Explanation

"Poenas dare" (literally 'to give penalties') is the idiom for 'to pay the penalty, be punished': scelesti poenas dederunt ('the criminals were punished'). The person exacting punishment poenas repetit or sumit.

Question 12Latin vocabulary and etymology

What does "in animo habere" mean, as in "in animo habet proficisci"?

  1. To be angry
  2. To forget
  3. To intend, have in mind Correct answer.
  4. To doubt

Explanation

"In animo habere" + infinitive means 'to intend, have in mind': in animo habet proficisci = 'he intends to set out'. Animus here is the mind's purpose, not emotion.

Question 13Latin vocabulary and etymology

In a military context, what does "castra ponere" mean?

  1. To break camp
  2. To pitch camp Correct answer.
  3. To storm the camp
  4. To guard the camp

Explanation

"Castra ponere" is the standard phrase for 'to pitch camp' - what a Roman army did at the end of each day's march. The opposite, striking camp to depart, is castra movere.

Question 14Latin literature and interpretation

Which recommended Plinius letter is glossed as Sehnsucht nach der Gattin?

  1. ep. 4,13
  2. ep. 8,16
  3. ep. 7,5 Correct answer.
  4. ep. 3,14

Explanation

A-Heft lists ep. 7,5 with the gloss Sehnsucht nach der Gattin-longing for his wife-useful for familia and gender-role discussion.

Question 15Latin literature and interpretation

Plinius ep. 3,14 is glossed as which narrative?

  1. only Dido’s funeral pyre
  2. Helvetian migration planning
  3. Tod eines Sklavenhalters Correct answer.
  4. Ara Pacis dedication ritual

Explanation

Recommended ep. 3,14 is glossed Tod eines Sklavenhalters-death of a slave-owner-often paired with slavery ethics and household violence themes.

Question 16Latin literature and interpretation

What political-historical Rahmen does gA Basiswissen require for the Plinius Schwerpunkt?

  1. only the Punic Wars as exclusive context
  2. gesellschaftlich-politischer Kontext des Prinzipats (augusteische Zeit – Trajan) in Grundzügen Correct answer.
  3. exclusively the Investiture Controversy
  4. only the late medieval Hanseatic League

Explanation

A-Heft gA Basiswissen requires basic knowledge of the Principate’s socio-political context from Augustan times to Trajan-the horizon of Plinius’ career and letters.

Question 17Latin literature and interpretation

Which Plinius–Trajan exchange does eA Basiswissen explicitly add?

  1. only Aeneid VIII shield description as a letter
  2. exclusively Catullus 1 as a Trajanic rescript
  3. only Livy’s Praefatio as Book 10
  4. ep. 10,96 (Plinius und die Christen) and Trajan’s reply ep. 10,97 Correct answer.

Explanation

eA requires Lektüre of ep. 10,96 (Plinius and the Christians) and Trajan’s answer ep. 10,97, plus Grundwissen on Roman provinces/provincial administration.

Question 18Latin literature and interpretation

In Plinius’ self-fashioning, humanitas often functions as which kind of elite claim?

  1. A cultivated moral/intellectual generosity that can soften harsh social hierarchies in letter narrative Correct answer.
  2. A medieval guild membership card
  3. A technical term only for hexameter caesura
  4. An exclusive synonym for military disciplina in Caesar’s camps

Explanation

In the epistulae, humanitas is a key elite Wertbegriff: cultivated humanity and generosity, often staged when Plinius discusses slaves, friends, or civic benefaction-exactly the A-Heft’s critical focus.

Question 19Roman culture, thought and reception

Which Roman statesman famously ended every speech with the demand that Carthage be destroyed ("Carthago delenda est")?

  1. Cicero
  2. Scipio Africanus
  3. Cato the Elder Correct answer.
  4. Julius Caesar

Explanation

Cato the Elder (Cato the Censor) reportedly closed every speech in the senate, whatever the topic, with "ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" - 'moreover, I think Carthage must be destroyed'. Rome razed Carthage in 146 BC at the end of the Third Punic War.

Question 20Roman culture, thought and reception

What does the formula "SPQR", seen on Roman standards and inscriptions, stand for?

  1. Senatus Populusque Romanus Correct answer.
  2. Senatus Pro Quiritibus Romanis
  3. Senatus Populus Romanus Quoque
  4. Salus Populi Quaestio Romana

Explanation

SPQR = Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and the Roman People' - the two constitutive elements of the Roman state, used as the official emblem of Rome. The -que is the enclitic 'and'.

Question 21Roman culture, thought and reception

How many consuls were elected each year in the Roman Republic, and why?

  1. One, to ensure swift decision-making
  2. Two, so that each could check the other (collegiality) Correct answer.
  3. Three, one for each social class
  4. Ten, like the decemvirs

Explanation

Rome elected two consuls annually. The principle of collegiality meant each consul could veto (intercedere) the other's acts, preventing any return to one-man rule after the expulsion of the kings. Years were named after the consuls.

Question 22Roman culture, thought and reception

At which battle of 202 BC did Scipio defeat Hannibal, ending the Second Punic War and earning the name "Africanus"?

  1. Cannae
  2. Zama Correct answer.
  3. Lake Trasimene
  4. Actium

Explanation

Scipio defeated Hannibal at Zama in North Africa (202 BC), ending the Second Punic War; he was honoured with the cognomen Africanus. Cannae (216 BC) and Lake Trasimene (217 BC) were Hannibal's great victories over Rome.

Question 23Roman culture, thought and reception

Who was consul in 63 BC and exposed the conspiracy of Catiline in a series of famous speeches?

  1. Cicero Correct answer.
  2. Caesar
  3. Pompey
  4. Cato the Younger

Explanation

Marcus Tullius Cicero, as consul in 63 BC, unmasked Lucius Sergius Catilina's plot against the Republic and delivered the four Catilinarian Orations (beginning "Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?").

Question 24Latin literature and interpretation

Why is gloria closely linked to memoria in Plinius’ letter world?

  1. Gloria is only a unit of Roman currency under Trajan
  2. Public fame is imagined as lasting through literary and commemorative memoria Correct answer.
  3. Memoria means exclusively short-term working memory in psychology
  4. They are unrelated and never co-occur in elite discourse

Explanation

A-Heft lists gloria and memoria among elite Wertbegriffe: Plinius often ties lasting fame to how one is remembered in writing, monuments, and social memory.

Question 25Latin literature and interpretation

How should candidates treat Plinius’ published epistulae as a Gattung?

  1. As exclusively secret diplomatic cables never meant for publication
  2. As hexameter epic books divided into 12 carmina
  3. As artfully arranged, often polished literary letters-not raw unedited chat logs Correct answer.
  4. As verbatim court stenography of Trajan’s consilium

Explanation

Critical engagement with Briefgattung means recognizing Plinius’ collection as curated literary publication (ep. 1,1 stages the project), even when letters claim intimacy or immediacy.

Question 26Latin literature and interpretation

In otium–negotium terms, what does Plinius ep. 1,9 typically dramatize?

  1. Only a naval blockade of Alexandria
  2. exclusively Dido’s hunting party
  3. Only Helvetian wagon fortifications
  4. The drain of trivial urban negotium versus the appeal of restorative otium Correct answer.

Explanation

Ep. 1,9’s A-Heft gloss (Alltagsgeschäfte) aligns with critiques of empty urban busywork and the desire for meaningful otium-core Spannungsfeld literacy.

Question 27Latin literature and interpretation

Plinius’ letters about slaves (ep. 8,16; 3,14) are especially useful for which interpretive move?

  1. Proving Rome had no slavery
  2. Testing how humanitas claims interact with real power over enslaved people Correct answer.
  3. Showing Plinius wrote only in elegiac couplets
  4. Proving Trajan banned all private correspondence

Explanation

Recommended slavery letters let candidates critique elite self-praise: professed humanitas versus structural domination-exactly A-Heft’s kritische Auseinandersetzung with Wertvorstellungen.

Question 28Latin literature and interpretation

Ep. 4,13 (school for Comum) best illustrates which elite practice?

  1. Only deserting one’s hometown forever
  2. exclusively writing Vergilian epic for the Senate
  3. Civic benefaction and educational patronage as honor/memoria strategies Correct answer.
  4. Only refusing all public expenditure

Explanation

Founding/supporting a school in Comum showcases munificence that secures honor and memoria while claiming care for the community-Plinian right-living in public key.

Question 29Latin literature and interpretation

honor in Plinius’ world most nearly means which of the following?

  1. Only a modern academic grade point average
  2. Public esteem and office-holding dignity within elite competition Correct answer.
  3. exclusively a Christian liturgical greeting
  4. Only the name of Aeneas’ sword

Explanation

honor is listed among A-Heft Wertbegriffe: social recognition, dignitas, and competitive elite standing-often pursued through office, benefaction, and literary gloria.

Question 30Latin literature and interpretation

virtus in the Plinius Schwerpunkt should be read primarily as what?

  1. Only physical height measurements
  2. exclusively grammatical voice of verbs
  3. An elite moral/performance excellence claim-not a single English ‘virtue’ checkbox Correct answer.
  4. Only the title of Vergil’s Book IV

Explanation

virtus is a central Roman Wertbegriff in the A-Heft list: excellence and moral/performative quality as elite self-description, open to critical scrutiny in letters.

Question 31Latin literature and interpretation

For eA, Grundwissen zu Römischen Provinzen supports which letter cluster?

  1. Only Dido’s Carthaginian building program as a Roman province
  2. exclusively the Helvetian canton system as Plinius’ governorship
  3. Only medieval Saxon stem duchies
  4. The Bithynia–Pontus correspondence culminating in ep. 10,96–97 Correct answer.

Explanation

eA links provincial administration knowledge to Plinius’ Book 10 governorship letters, including the Christians exchange with Trajan.

Question 32Latin literature and interpretation

Which reading strategy best fits recommended Plinius letters that may be read kursorisch or in Übersetzung?

  1. Skip all recommended letters because only unseen texts matter
  2. Read only English Wikipedia and ignore Latin wording
  3. Secure content/Wertbegriffe literacy even when not every line is prepared as Übersetzungstext Correct answer.
  4. Assume A-Heft forbids any Übersetzungshilfe in class prep

Explanation

A-Heft explicitly allows empfohlene Lektüre also kursorisch, in excerpts, and/or in Übersetzung-so Inhalt and interpretive categories still matter for Klausur transfer.

Question 33Latin literature and interpretation

Aeneid I, 1–33 is recommended as which scene?

  1. Didos Fluch
  2. Iuppiters Prophezeiung
  3. Flucht aus Troja; Tod der Creusa
  4. Prooemium Correct answer.

Explanation

Empfohlene Lektüre lists Aeneis I, 1–33 as Prooemium-including arma virumque… and the tantae molis erat… line that titles the Schwerpunkt.

Question 34Latin literature and interpretation

Aeneid II, 721–794 (recommended) centers on which events?

  1. only Dido and Anna’s first colloquy
  2. Flucht aus Troja; Tod der Creusa Correct answer.
  3. only the shield of Aeneas in Book VIII
  4. only Ariovistus’ cavalry charge

Explanation

A-Heft glosses II, 721–794 as Flucht aus Troja; Tod der Creusa-loss that foreshadows duty over personal bonds.

Question 35Latin literature and interpretation

Aeneid IV, 259–396 (recommended) includes which conflict arc?

  1. only the opening arma virumque lines
  2. Merkurs Vorwürfe; secret departure prep; Dido’s accusations; Aeneas’ Rechtfertigung; Dido’s Kummer Correct answer.
  3. only Helvetian wagon burning
  4. only Plinius’ Vesuvius climb

Explanation

A-Heft’s long gloss for IV, 259–396 covers Mercury’s rebuke, Aeneas’ covert preparations to leave, Dido’s accusations, Aeneas’ justification, and Dido’s grief-duty vs love dramatized.

Question 36Latin literature and interpretation

Aeneid IV, 584–692 is glossed as what?

  1. Iuppiters Prophezeiung
  2. Eröffnungsbrief
  3. Didos Fluch Correct answer.
  4. Schule für Comum

Explanation

IV, 584–692 is Didos Fluch-the curse that projects enmity toward Rome, linking personal tragedy to later historical conflict (Rome–Carthage).

Question 37Latin literature and interpretation

gA Basiswissen requires Grundkenntnisse of which mythic cycle for Vergil?

  1. only the Arthurian Grail cycle
  2. exclusively Norse Edda cosmogony
  3. only Aztec foundation myths
  4. Kenntnis des trojanischen Sagenkreises Correct answer.

Explanation

gA Basiswissen lists knowledge of the Trojan saga cycle-necessary background for Aeneas’ flight and Roman foundation myth.

Question 38Latin literature and interpretation

eA Basiswissen adds critical engagement with pax Augusta illustrated also by which monuments?

  1. only the Berlin Wall
  2. ara pacis; Augustus von Primaporta Correct answer.
  3. exclusively the Colosseum built by Augustus himself
  4. only Trajan’s Column as a Vergilian footnote in Book I

Explanation

eA requires kritische Auseinandersetzung with political-ideological aspects of the Augustan age (pax Augusta), also clarified through contemporary art/architecture: ara pacis and Augustus of Primaporta.

Question 39Latin literature and interpretation

Which Aeneid passage does eA Empfohlene/Lektüre add beyond the gA Book I–IV set?

  1. only Plinius ep. 1,1 as Aeneid Book VIII
  2. exclusively Caesar DBG 1,1 as Book VIII
  3. Aeneis VIII, 626–731 Correct answer.
  4. only Aeneid XII omitted entirely from all eA work

Explanation

eA Basiswissen adds Lektüre of Aeneis VIII, 626–731 (shield of Aeneas)-a climax of Roman historical prophecy and Augustan ideology.

Question 40Latin literature and interpretation

In Aeneid interpretation, pietas for Aeneas most nearly means what?

  1. Only romantic passion as the highest good
  2. exclusively comic trickery like Mercury’s jokes
  3. Only refusal to found any city
  4. Dutiful devotion to fatum, gods, family, and Rome’s future-often against private desire Correct answer.

Explanation

Aeneas’ pietas is the ethical-political hinge of the Schwerpunkt: duty to destiny and collective Roman future versus persönliches Glück (esp. with Dido).

Question 41Latin literature and interpretation

Fama in Aeneid IV functions primarily as what kind of force?

  1. Personified Rumor that publicizes and distorts the Dido–Aeneas relationship Correct answer.
  2. Only a friendly messenger who always tells full truth
  3. exclusively Plinius’ publisher in Comum
  4. Only Caesar’s scout in Helvetia

Explanation

In the recommended Gewitter/Fama sequence, Fama spreads scandalous report-linking private love to political danger and tragic exposure.

Question 42Latin literature and interpretation

Dido’s curse (IV, 584–692) is politically significant because it…

  1. Cancels Jupiter’s prophecy permanently in Book I
  2. Converts the Aeneid into a Plinian letter collection
  3. Projects future hostility that readers can link to Rome–Carthage conflict Correct answer.
  4. Proves Aeneas never left Troy

Explanation

The curse foreshadows enmity and vengeance-an ideological-literary hinge between erotic tragedy and later Roman historical memory of Carthage.

Question 43Latin literature and interpretation

Creusa’s death in Book II supports which reading of Aeneas’ heroism?

  1. Proof that Aeneas refuses all family pietas
  2. Evidence that Book IV never happened
  3. Evidence that Vergil rejected Homeric models
  4. Personal loss as the cost of the mission-foreshadowing later duty-over-love patterns Correct answer.

Explanation

Losing Creusa during the flight frames Aeneas’ path as sacrificial; it primes the Book IV conflict between love and Pflichterfüllung.

Question 44Latin literature and interpretation

Jupiter’s prophecy (I, 223–296) most directly serves which Schwerpunkt bullet?

  1. Gods/fatum and the claim to Roman Weltherrschaft / state ideology Correct answer.
  2. Only Plinius’ school funding in Comum
  3. Only Caesar’s bridge over the Rhine as hexameter
  4. Only Trajan’s reply on Christians

Explanation

Jupiter’s speech guarantees imperium sine fine style destiny-core fatum and Herrschaftsideologie literacy for Aufgabe II.

Question 45Latin literature and interpretation

Formal-inhaltliche Interpretation von Dichtung (gA) means candidates should…

  1. Ignore meter and discuss only modern novels
  2. Connect form (e.g. hexameter, speech, imagery) with Inhalt and meaning Correct answer.
  3. Scan only English blank verse translations without Latin
  4. Treat the Aeneid as unanswered multiple-choice stems

Explanation

A-Heft gA Basiswissen includes Grundkenntnisse of formal-content interpretation of poetry-linking Verslehre and literary devices to sense, especially in Dido scenes.

Question 46Latin literature and interpretation

eA demand for Kenntnis der Entstehung, des Aufbaus und des Inhalts der Aeneis implies what?

  1. Only memorize I, 1–7 and stop
  2. Only study Plinius Book 10 as if it were the Aeneid
  3. Know composition context, book architecture, and overall plot beyond isolated excerpts Correct answer.
  4. Only deny Augustan politics exist

Explanation

eA Vertiefung explicitly adds knowledge of the Aeneid’s origin, structure, and content-plus ideology, reception, and VIII 626–731.

Question 47Latin literature and interpretation

Kenntnis der Rezeption der Aeneis in der Nachwelt (eA) asks students to…

  1. Prove no one after Vergil ever read the poem
  2. Replace Vergil with only modern fanfiction as Basisautor
  3. Ignore Dido because later readers disliked her
  4. Know that later cultures reused the Aeneid’s plots/ideology-without treating reception as optional trivia Correct answer.

Explanation

eA Basiswissen includes reception of the Aeneid in later ages-useful for kritische Auseinandersetzung with how Augustan epic meanings travel.

Question 48Latin literature and interpretation

Why is Book IV so heavily represented in the empfohlene Lektüre list?

  1. It concentrates the Dido–Aeneas tragic conflict and duty-vs-happiness themes named in the A-Heft Correct answer.
  2. It is the only book that uses prose letters
  3. It replaces Homer entirely with Plinian historiography
  4. It is required only for neu aufgenommen Caesar candidates

Explanation

Multiple IV passages (1–30; 54–89; 160–197; 259–396; 584–692) map directly onto Liebe, Held between Glück and Pflicht, and ideological aftermath via the curse.

Question 49Latin literature and interpretation

Aeneas’ Rechtfertigung before Dido typically invokes which kind of argument?

  1. A claim that Carthage is already Rome
  2. Divine command / fatum and duty outweigh personal vows of stay Correct answer.
  3. A denial that Mercury spoke
  4. A promise to abandon Ascanius

Explanation

In the IV, 259–396 arc, Aeneas justifies departure via higher duty and divine mandate-exactly the Held zwischen Glück und Pflicht problem.

Question 50Latin literature and interpretation

In hexameter literacy, a dactyl is which quantitative pattern?

  1. Only short + short + short with no long
  2. Only five short syllables
  3. Only a modern stress-based iamb
  4. Long + short + short (- ∪ ∪) Correct answer.

Explanation

Dactylic hexameter builds on dactyls (- ∪ ∪) and spondees (- -); gA Verslehre expects this formal Grundkenntnis for Aeneid work.