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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.
(b) For the strength to stand up and run.
(c) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.
(d) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.

2. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?
(a) Crete.
(b) Midsea.
(c) Troy.
(d) Thrace.

3. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?
(a) Ithacan.
(b) Trojan.
(c) Sicilian.
(d) Etruscan.

4. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To tell people what will happen.
(b) To advise people on what jobs to take.
(c) To guard a special cave entrance.
(d) To give directions on where to go.

5. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.
(b) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(c) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.
(d) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

2. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?

3. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

4. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?

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

(see the answer key)

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