The Aeneid Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Aeneid Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Juno.
(c) The Rutulians.
(d) The Etruscans.

2. What betrays the presence of Euryalus to the enemy?
(a) A snapping twig under his feet.
(b) Allecto directing their attention to him.
(c) The noise of the clanking of the booty he has taken from Turnus' camp.
(d) The gleam of his helmet in the moonlight.

3. Why does Juno craft a phantom Aeneas and lure Turnus onto a departing boat?
(a) To spirit him away to a temple to become a priest for her.
(b) To remove the Rutulian leader so Aeneas' soldiers can win the battle.
(c) To let another Rutulian have a chance to lead.
(d) To keep him from dying in the fight.

4. At the beginning of Book XI, how does Turnus say he wants to settle the conflict?
(a) He wants to meet with the Trojans and write a treaty.
(b) He wants to continue to fight until every last Trojan is dead.
(c) He wants to meet Aeneas in single combat.
(d) He pretends that he thinks that the Rutulians should surrender.

5. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?
(a) The goddess Allecto attaches a snake to her that poisons her mind.
(b) The goddess Juno threatens her with destruction if she allows the wedding to take place.
(c) The goddess Venus influences her to save Aeneas for another bride.
(d) One of Aeneas' followers tells her the story of how he treated Dido.

6. How does Lausus die?
(a) He takes his father's place in the fight against Aeneas.
(b) He is killed trying to kill Ascanius.
(c) He is cut down by Pallas.
(d) He is struck down by the gods for blasphemy.

7. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?
(a) Because Lavinia promises to help him.
(b) Because Venus will not be allowed to intervene.
(c) Because Jupiter has decreed that he will win.
(d) Because Juno will fight alongside him.

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

9. What is Iulus' first feat of arms?
(a) He cuts down with his sword a Rutulian trying to climb into the Trojan camp.
(b) He shoots Remulus through the head with an arrow.
(c) He fights Turnus with an ax.
(d) He uses his shield to protect another soldier from a rain of arrows.

10. Why does Aeneas trust he can approach Evander safely as a supplicant?
(a) They are related through their ancestors.
(b) A white pig in a dream tells him he can.
(c) Cupid has gone before him and won Evander over.
(d) Evander is an enemy to Juno.

11. What portent announces the arrival of Venus with Aeneas' new armor?
(a) A flock of doves.
(b) A gentle breeze.
(c) A tongue of fire.
(d) Flashing lightning and a thunder crack.

12. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
(a) That a special stranger will come with a body of men to take Latinus' fortress.
(b) That Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.
(c) That there will be a good harvest that year.
(d) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.

13. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?
(a) When the Arcadians defeated the Latins in battle.
(b) When Hercules slew the beast Cacus.
(c) The anniversary of Evander becoming king.
(d) When Dardandus left to found Troy.

14. What does King Latinus propose to give to the Trojans?
(a) A region of land to settle or ships in which to depart.
(b) The battle of a lifetime.
(c) Chests of treasure.
(d) Turnus' head on a spear.

15. With whose funeral does Book VII open?
(a) Anchises.
(b) Palinurus.
(c) Caieta.
(d) Misenus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Latinus give to Turnus for why the Rutulians got involved in bloody wars with the Trojans?

2. For what does Juno blame Aeneas in regard to the current conflict?

3. How does Turnus' acceptance of the challenge to fight in single combat make Aeneas feel?

4. What do Nisus and Euryalus do as they move through Turnus' camp?

5. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?

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