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

2. What is Aetna?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A huge waterfall.
(c) A large river.
(d) A geyser that sprays from the ground.

3. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Dido's love for Aeneas?
(a) Dido persuades Aeneas to help her people build better ships.
(b) Dido keeps holding Ascanius on her lap because he looks like Aeneas.
(c) All construction of the city of Carthage stops.
(d) Dido presses herself against the couch where Aeneas sat.

4. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?
(a) King Iarbas.
(b) Her favorite handmaiden.
(c) Anna.
(d) Ascanius.

5. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?
(a) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.
(b) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(c) They had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(d) They were visited by Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?

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

3. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?

4. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?

5. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?

(see the answer key)

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