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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Crete.
(c) Italy.
(d) Troy.

2. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.
(b) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.
(c) For the strength to stand up and run.
(d) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.

3. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?
(a) She smiles and tells him all is forgiven.
(b) She reenacts her suicide.
(c) She falls to her knees and pleads with him to take her away with him.
(d) She flees from him and returns to her first husband, Sychaeus.

4. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.
(b) Death and betrayal.
(c) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(d) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.

5. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?

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

3. What is Aetna?

4. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

5. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the state of construction in Carthage in Book 1.

2. Describe the Harpies.

3. What are some ways the characters in Book 2 are affected by fate?

4. What sorts of souls live under Cretan Rhadamanthus' rule?

5. Describe the "marriage" between Dido and Aeneas.

6. Why might the Trojan women have been tempted to set fire to the ships even without Juno and Iris befuddling them?

7. What instances in Book V reveal how the Trojans feel about burying their dead?

8. What qualities of a good queen/leader does Dido exemplify? Cite specific examples from the book in your answer.

9. Compare and contrast the Greeks with the Trojans in the affair of the wooden horse.

10. How will Aeneas start the line that turns into the rulers of the Roman Empire?

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