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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
(a) DIdo is burning a dummy figure of Aeneas in revenge.
(b) Dido has lit all the torches to light him on his journey.
(c) Dido's pyre is burning.
(d) The gods are shedding light on it to bless it.

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

3. How does Nisus die?
(a) He is struck down by Jupiter.
(b) He is attacked by the Furies.
(c) He is killed by Volcens' men while killing Volcens for killing Euryalus.
(d) He is ripped apart while Volcens' men are retrieving the booty he stole from the Rutulian camp.

4. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
(a) Because Venus could not bear to see Dido so unhappy.
(b) To keep Dido from falling in love with a Greek.
(c) Because Venus wanted to cheer her son up.
(d) Because Venus was afraid of and wanted to stop the growing power of Carthage.

5. Which of the following is NOT something Vulcan and the Cyclops crafted?
(a) A helmet for Apollo.
(b) An aegis for Pallas.
(c) A chariot for Mars.
(d) A lightning bolt for Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neptune say must happen for Aeneas and his followers to have save passage over the seas?

2. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?

3. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?

4. What had Jupiter forbidden to happen?

5. What do seers say it means when Lavinia's hair glows with divine fire?

(see the answer key)

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