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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies at the end of Book 3?
(a) Polyphemus.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Achaemenidës.
(d) Anchises.

2. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.
(b) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.
(c) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
(d) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.

3. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?
(a) One of Aeneas' followers tells her the story of how he treated Dido.
(b) The goddess Venus influences her to save Aeneas for another bride.
(c) The goddess Allecto attaches a snake to her that poisons her mind.
(d) The goddess Juno threatens her with destruction if she allows the wedding to take place.

4. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His sworn enemy, Sinon.
(b) His wife, Creusa.
(c) His dead king Priam's body.
(d) His mother, Venus.

5. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?
(a) He wants to carry her off and marry her.
(b) He feels an impulse to kill her to punish her.
(c) He feels pity for her circumstances.
(d) He wants to save her from her fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?

2. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

3. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

4. How is Turnus spurred to make war on both King Latinus and the Trojans?

5. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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