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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 Virgil do to prepare to talk about the warfare between the Trojans and the Rutulians?
(a) Calls on the Muse Calliope for help.
(b) Blames Juno for the upcoming bloodshed.
(c) Provides the reader with information about the ancestries of the major warriors.
(d) Chastizes Allecto for helping Juno start this war.

2. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?
(a) He wants help rebuilding the original Troy.
(b) He wants to settle peacefully in Latium.
(c) He wants revenge on those who ruined Troy.
(d) He wants his father brought back to life.

3. Who dies at the end of Book 3?
(a) Polyphemus.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Anchises.
(d) Achaemenidës.

4. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To tell people what will happen.
(b) To guard a special cave entrance.
(c) To advise people on what jobs to take.
(d) To give directions on where to go.

5. What is Aetna?
(a) A geyser that sprays from the ground.
(b) A volcano.
(c) A large river.
(d) A huge waterfall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

2. How did Polydorus die?

3. What mission do Nisus and Euryalus take on?

4. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?

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

(see the answer key)

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