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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(b) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
(c) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.
(d) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.

2. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?
(a) Another flock of Harpies.
(b) The wrath of Juno.
(c) A group of sirens.
(d) A herd of Cyclops.

3. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?
(a) Scylla.
(b) Andromache.
(c) The sibyl of Cumae.
(d) Charybdis.

4. Who will bury Palinurus' body?
(a) Iulus.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) People who live near where his body washed up.
(d) Somnus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What betrays the presence of Euryalus to the enemy?

2. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?

3. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?

4. What is Iulus' first feat of arms?

5. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

(see the answer key)

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