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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his best toga and shield.
(b) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.
(c) For his father Anchises and his medicine.
(d) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.

2. 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?
(a) She wants Aeneas to be the sole ruler of Carthage.
(b) She does not want Italy's future power diverted to Carthage.
(c) She does not think it fair to Dido to make her rule with Aeneas.
(d) She does not think their love will last.

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

4. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?
(a) Vulcan.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Juno.
(d) Venus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dido sees Aeneas' men readying their ships to sail, for what does she plead?

2. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

3. What tale does Dido want Aeneas to tell?

4. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

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

(see the answer key)

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