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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 must Aeneas do to enter the underworld?
(a) He must wrestle the gatekeeper and win.
(b) He must pick the golden bough.
(c) He must find and follow Orpheus down.
(d) He must wait for Venus to come take him.

2. Who is Andromache's new husband?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Pyrrhus.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Orestes.

3. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?
(a) Both fame and fortune.
(b) Both feast and famine.
(c) Both war and peace.
(d) Both laughter and tears.

4. What is Iulus' first feat of arms?
(a) He uses his shield to protect another soldier from a rain of arrows.
(b) He cuts down with his sword a Rutulian trying to climb into the Trojan camp.
(c) He shoots Remulus through the head with an arrow.
(d) He fights Turnus with an ax.

5. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Sickened by a terrible plague.
(b) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.
(c) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(d) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?

2. Why did Misenus meet an early death?

3. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?

4. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

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

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