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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?
(a) To destroy the Trojans.
(b) To learn what Dido's true thoughts about the Trojans are.
(c) To win a bet with Jupiter.
(d) To charm her into loving Aeneas.

2. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?
(a) Aeneas tells her.
(b) Rumor tells her.
(c) Jupiter tells her.
(d) Juno tells her.

3. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(b) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
(c) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.
(d) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.

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

5. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?
(a) They will win the favor of the god Pallas.
(b) They will face the wrath of the goddess Minerva.
(c) They will win the war against the Danaans.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?

2. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?

3. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?

4. Why has Dido turned her face against remarriage?

5. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?

(see the answer key)

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