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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?
(a) To head for the shoreline to the west.
(b) To make prayers and sacrifices to Juno.
(c) To look for a sign--a giant white sow nursing a litter of piglets.
(d) To watch out for Scylla and Charybdis.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?

2. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?

3. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?

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

5. How did Polydorus die?

(see the answer key)

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