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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?
(a) Their brother could find and attack them in the future.
(b) Dido's lands are surrounded by hostile people.
(c) It is Jupiter's will.
(d) Dido should enjoy love and children.

2. Who blinded Polyphemus?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Ulysses and his crewmen.
(c) the Furies.
(d) Orestes.

3. What do the crowd of refugees expect from Aeneas?
(a) They want him to lead them by sea to new lands.
(b) They want him to train them in battle so they can fight the Danaans better.
(c) They want him to apologize for letting Troy fall.
(d) They want him to lead them in a prayer of thanks for their escape.

4. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(b) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.
(c) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(d) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.

5. What portent appears relating to Iulus?
(a) A bird that lands on his left shoulder.
(b) A tongue of flame on his head.
(c) A cloud of smoke that covers up his face.
(d) A snake that wraps around his ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

2. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?

3. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?

4. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?

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

(see the answer key)

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