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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Anchises act when Aeneas first comes to help him escape?
(a) He berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
(b) He is sleeping too soundly to be awakened.
(c) He is crying too hard to get any words out.
(d) He urges the others to escape and leave him behind.

3. What tale does Dido want Aeneas to tell?
(a) How his parents met and had hims
(b) The story of Eros and Psyche.
(c) What happened to Odysseus during his Odyssey.
(d) How Troy fell and how the Trojans traveled to Carthage.

4. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(b) Sickened by a terrible plague.
(c) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.
(d) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(b) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.
(c) Death and betrayal.
(d) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

2. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

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

4. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

5. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?

(see the answer key)

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