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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 looked straight into the Sibyl's eyes.
(b) He pretended he could make music as well as the gods and Triton drowned him.
(c) He ate the fruit of the golden bough.
(d) He went looking for Palinurus under the water and drowned too.

2. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?
(a) Never to let Achates helm the boat.
(b) To avenge his death.
(c) To find and bury his body.
(d) To do anything to make Iulus a king.

3. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hector.
(c) Venus.
(d) Laocoön.

4. What portent appears relating to Iulus?
(a) A bird that lands on his left shoulder.
(b) A snake that wraps around his ankle.
(c) A tongue of flame on his head.
(d) A cloud of smoke that covers up his face.

5. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(b) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.
(c) That he can bring her back to life now.
(d) That he left her lands against his will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of the Sibyl?

2. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

3. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?

4. What does Ilioneus ask for from King Latinus?

5. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

(see the answer key)

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