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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?
(a) Venus.
(b) Juno.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Vulcan.

2. How does Cloanthus win the boat race during the funeral games?
(a) He has Aeneas help him.
(b) His prayers convince the harbor god to help him.
(c) He constructs the best boat.
(d) He capsizes the boats of his opponents.

3. What do the crowd of refugees expect from Aeneas?
(a) They want him to train them in battle so they can fight the Danaans better.
(b) They want him to apologize for letting Troy fall.
(c) They want him to lead them in a prayer of thanks for their escape.
(d) They want him to lead them by sea to new lands.

4. What does Venus use to convince her husband Vulcan to make armor for Aeneas?
(a) Threats of Jupiter's anger.
(b) The flame of love.
(c) Cool reason.
(d) Tears.

5. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?
(a) He wants help rebuilding the original Troy.
(b) He wants his father brought back to life.
(c) He wants revenge on those who ruined Troy.
(d) He wants to settle peacefully in Latium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?

2. To what does Aeneas attribute Darës' inability to beat Entellus?

3. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?

4. How does Lausus die?

5. Who laments that only the head of Euryalus is brought back (on a spear) by the Rutulians?

(see the answer key)

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