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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?
(a) He was left behind to spy on the Trojans.
(b) He snuck away because he wants to help the Trojans beat the Danaans.
(c) He has been sent to the Trojans as an ambassador of peace.
(d) He escaped before the Danaans could sacrifice him in exchange for good winds home.

2. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?
(a) Charon's boat.
(b) The Sibyl.
(c) The golden bough.
(d) The river Styx.

3. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?
(a) To look for a sign--a giant white sow nursing a litter of piglets.
(b) To head for the shoreline to the west.
(c) To make prayers and sacrifices to Juno.
(d) To watch out for Scylla and Charybdis.

4. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?
(a) One of Aeneas' followers tells her the story of how he treated Dido.
(b) The goddess Juno threatens her with destruction if she allows the wedding to take place.
(c) The goddess Allecto attaches a snake to her that poisons her mind.
(d) The goddess Venus influences her to save Aeneas for another bride.

5. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?
(a) Androgeos.
(b) Pasiphaë.
(c) Minotaur.
(d) Icarus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

2. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?

3. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?

4. Who blinded Polyphemus?

5. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

(see the answer key)

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