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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?
(a) He has heard tales of their great feats.
(b) They are fellow Trojans.
(c) He fought against them in the Trojan War.
(d) He does not know who they are.

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

4. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?
(a) King Priam's sword and shield.
(b) Three wooden splinters from the wooden horse.
(c) The Phrygian hearth-gods.
(d) A herd of beasts to sacrifice to the gods.

5. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?
(a) He is good friends with Dido and wants Jupiter to protect her new love.
(b) He wants counsel about how best to attack Dido's lands while she is distracted with Aeneas.
(c) He is angry that after he gave Dido land for her city, she has taken up with someone else.
(d) He wants Juno to stop bothering his country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?

2. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?

3. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?

4. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?

5. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?

(see the answer key)

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