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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?
(a) Thrace.
(b) Midsea.
(c) Crete.
(d) Troy.

5. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?
(a) Juno goes herself.
(b) Allecto.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Iris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?

3. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?

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

5. What does Aeneas promise to do if the gods grant his wish?

(see the answer key)

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