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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(b) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(c) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.
(d) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.

2. Which of the following is not an effect that Dido says has been caused by her love affair with Aeneas?
(a) She is stuck with his child to raise.
(b) Libyans and nomad kings hate her.
(c) She has lost her integrity.
(d) Her own people hate her.

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

4. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It disappears.
(b) It becomes theirs forever.
(c) It becomes covered in filth.
(d) It turns to gold.

5. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?
(a) Venus.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?

2. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

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

4. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

(see the answer key)

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