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

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. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?
(a) Helen and Paris for running away together.
(b) the Trojans for letting the Danaans trick them.
(c) The harsh will of the gods.
(d) Priam for being too proud.

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

5. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Crete.
(b) Troy.
(c) Italy.
(d) Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?

2. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?

3. What happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?

4. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

5. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?

(see the answer key)

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