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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the Ausonians to attack the Trojans?
(a) Aeneas does not show proper reverence to King Latinus' laurel tree.
(b) A snake startles them and a soldier striking at it causes everyone to start fighting.
(c) Trojan soldiers insult Lavinia.
(d) Iulus hunted and shot a deer he didn't know was a favored pet.

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

3. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?
(a) He takes away Priam's sword.
(b) He murders Priam's son.
(c) He claims to be Priam's son.
(d) He sets fire to a holy altar.

4. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?
(a) He wants Aeneas to help Dido build Carthage into the finest city in the world.
(b) He wants Aeneas to do the right thing and marry Dido properly.
(c) He wants Aeneas to stop praying to him.
(d) For Aeneas to stop being distracted by Dido and her city and go build his own kingdom.

5. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?
(a) On a stretcher after the Danaans wound him.
(b) On his back.
(c) By pulling him along by the hand.
(d) In a wheeled cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?

3. Who blinded Polyphemus?

4. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?

5. Who is Andromache's new husband?

(see the answer key)

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