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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(b) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(c) Scenes from the past history of Troy.
(d) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.

2. Who is Andromache's new husband?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Pyrrhus.
(d) Apollo.

3. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?
(a) A herd of Cyclops.
(b) The wrath of Juno.
(c) Another flock of Harpies.
(d) A group of sirens.

4. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?
(a) The Phrygian hearth-gods.
(b) A herd of beasts to sacrifice to the gods.
(c) Three wooden splinters from the wooden horse.
(d) King Priam's sword and shield.

5. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?
(a) He is trading stories with the founders of Troy.
(b) He is resting peacefully.
(c) He is lamenting his fate.
(d) He is studying the futures and fates of his descendants.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?

2. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

3. What does Virgil do to prepare to talk about the warfare between the Trojans and the Rutulians?

4. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?

5. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?

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