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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?
(a) It is a gift to tell the Trojans they are sorry for attacking Troy.
(b) It is an offering to apologize for stealing the Palladium.
(c) It is meant to be fuel for a bonfire when the Danaans return to destroy Troy.
(d) It is a lighthouse to guide the Danaan ships back to Troy.

2. Why did Misenus meet an early death?
(a) He went looking for Palinurus under the water and drowned too.
(b) He looked straight into the Sibyl's eyes.
(c) He ate the fruit of the golden bough.
(d) He pretended he could make music as well as the gods and Triton drowned him.

3. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?
(a) Trojan.
(b) Etruscan.
(c) Sicilian.
(d) Ithacan.

4. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.
(b) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.
(c) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(d) Sickened by a terrible plague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?

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

3. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?

4. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?

5. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

(see the answer key)

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