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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?
(a) To avenge his death.
(b) Never to let Achates helm the boat.
(c) To find and bury his body.
(d) To do anything to make Iulus a king.

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

4. How does Nisus die?
(a) He is attacked by the Furies.
(b) He is killed by Volcens' men while killing Volcens for killing Euryalus.
(c) He is struck down by Jupiter.
(d) He is ripped apart while Volcens' men are retrieving the booty he stole from the Rutulian camp.

5. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Elysium.
(c) In the River Styx.
(d) In the Blessed Groves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

2. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?

3. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?

4. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?

5. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?

(see the answer key)

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