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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Fire surrounds his head.
(b) Lightning flashes in the sky.
(c) Blood flows from the plant.
(d) Jupiter's voice thunders above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?

2. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?

3. Who blinded Polyphemus?

4. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?

5. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

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