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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Misenus meet an early death?
(a) He went looking for Palinurus under the water and drowned too.
(b) He pretended he could make music as well as the gods and Triton drowned him.
(c) He looked straight into the Sibyl's eyes.
(d) He ate the fruit of the golden bough.

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

3. With whose funeral does Book VII open?
(a) Misenus.
(b) Palinurus.
(c) Anchises.
(d) Caieta.

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

5. Why does Venus at first think Juno's idea to have Dido and Aeneas marry and rule Carthage side by side is a bad one?
(a) She wants Aeneas to be the sole ruler of Carthage.
(b) She does not think it fair to Dido to make her rule with Aeneas.
(c) She does not think their love will last.
(d) She does not want Italy's future power diverted to Carthage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?

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

3. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?

4. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?

5. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?

(see the answer key)

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