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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?
(a) Juno.
(b) Iris.
(c) Turnus.
(d) Allecto.

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

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

4. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.
(b) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(c) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.
(d) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.

5. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?
(a) Two doves from Venus.
(b) He finds it on his own.
(c) The Sibyl.
(d) The ghost of Misenus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?

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

3. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?

4. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

5. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?

(see the answer key)

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