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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who laments that only the head of Euryalus is brought back (on a spear) by the Rutulians?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Euryalus' mother.
(c) Euryalus' sister.
(d) Iulus.

2. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?
(a) He wants to save Euryalus.
(b) He is lost in the forest and they are his only hope of finding his way back to his camp.
(c) He hopes to spy on them for Aeneas.
(d) He wants to betray Aeneas for money.

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

4. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?
(a) She smiles and tells him all is forgiven.
(b) She flees from him and returns to her first husband, Sychaeus.
(c) She reenacts her suicide.
(d) She falls to her knees and pleads with him to take her away with him.

5. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?
(a) Minotaur.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Pasiphaë.
(d) Androgeos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?

2. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?

3. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

4. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

5. Who blinded Polyphemus?

(see the answer key)

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