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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 Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(b) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.
(c) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(d) Scenes from the past history of Troy.

2. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) After years of hard work, he will rebuild Troy in the same place as it once was.
(b) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.
(c) Though he will try to run, he will never escape the Danaans.
(d) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.

3. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?
(a) The death of Ascanius.
(b) Continued harassment from Juno.
(c) Vicious wars.
(d) Marriage with a foreign bride.

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

5. How does Dido kill herself?
(a) With a sword.
(b) With poison.
(c) With a lion bite.
(d) By drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?

2. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?

3. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?

4. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?

5. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?

(see the answer key)

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