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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Trojans' ships when Turnus tries to burn them?
(a) They go up in ashes, trapping the Trojans in Italy.
(b) They are hidden from view in mist by Venus.
(c) At the request of Venus, Jupiter causes it to rain and put the fire out.
(d) At the command of the mother of the gods, Jupiter turns the ships into sea-goddesses and sets them free.

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

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

4. What mission do Nisus and Euryalus take on?
(a) They intend to find reinforcements.
(b) They intend to go find Aeneas and tell him about the siege.
(c) They intend to go plead with King Latinus to stop the siege.
(d) They intend to abduct Lavinia and bring her back to the Trojan camp.

5. Who blinded Polyphemus?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Ulysses and his crewmen.
(d) the Furies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. How does Nisus die?

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