The Aeneid Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Aeneid Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(b) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.
(c) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.
(d) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.

4. Which of the following is not an effect that Dido says has been caused by her love affair with Aeneas?
(a) She is stuck with his child to raise.
(b) She has lost her integrity.
(c) Libyans and nomad kings hate her.
(d) Her own people hate her.

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 is angry that after he gave Dido land for her city, she has taken up with someone else.
(c) He wants Juno to stop bothering his country.
(d) He wants counsel about how best to attack Dido's lands while she is distracted with Aeneas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?

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

3. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?

4. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?

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

(see the answer key)

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