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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does King Latinus welcome the Trojans to Latinum?
(a) Gladly, because he wants Aeneas to marry his daughter.
(b) Sadly, because he knows their coming fortells his death.
(c) Angrily, because the queen is forcing him to be polite to them.
(d) Duplicitously, because he plans to murder them and take their treasure and ships.

2. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(b) Scenes from the past history of Troy.
(c) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(d) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.

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

4. How does Dido kill herself?
(a) With poison.
(b) With a lion bite.
(c) By drowning.
(d) With a sword.

5. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?
(a) Charon's boat.
(b) The golden bough.
(c) The Sibyl.
(d) The river Styx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?

2. Which of the following must Aeneas do to enter the underworld?

3. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?

4. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?

5. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

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