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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?
(a) Tenedos.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Laocoön.
(d) Thymoetes.

3. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(b) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(c) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(d) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.

4. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?
(a) Marry a neighboring king to keep her lands safe.
(b) Follow him to kill him.
(c) Haunt him as a spirit after she dies.
(d) Construct a temple in his honor.

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

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. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?

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

5. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?

(see the answer key)

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