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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
(a) That a special stranger will come with a body of men to take Latinus' fortress.
(b) That Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.
(c) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.
(d) That there will be a good harvest that year.

2. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It becomes covered in filth.
(b) It becomes theirs forever.
(c) It turns to gold.
(d) It disappears.

3. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?
(a) He is lamenting his fate.
(b) He is resting peacefully.
(c) He is studying the futures and fates of his descendants.
(d) He is trading stories with the founders of Troy.

4. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) Though he will try to run, he will never escape the Danaans.
(b) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.
(c) After years of hard work, he will rebuild Troy in the same place as it once was.
(d) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.

5. Who does the queen of Latium want her daughter to marry?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Ascanius.
(c) Jove.
(d) Turnus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?

2. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?

3. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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