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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?
(a) Haunt him as a spirit after she dies.
(b) Construct a temple in his honor.
(c) Follow him to kill him.
(d) Marry a neighboring king to keep her lands safe.

2. Why has Dido turned her face against remarriage?
(a) She must wait until her sister Anna gets married first.
(b) Her brother killed her last husband.
(c) She does not want any man taking over her kingdom.
(d) She is pledged to Diana.

3. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A tongue of fire.
(c) A flash of lightning.
(d) A snake.

4. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(b) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.
(c) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
(d) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.

5. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?
(a) Aeneas' son Ascanius, renamed Iulus.
(b) Aeneas' sister, Ilia.
(c) Aeneas' daughter Creusa, renamed Julia.
(d) Aeneas' grandfather, Ilium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who blinded Polyphemus?

2. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?

3. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?

4. What prize is Nisus given by Aeneas?

5. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

(see the answer key)

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