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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?
(a) The counsel of her sister.
(b) The memory of her dead husband, Sychaeus.
(c) Her duty to help Aeneas.
(d) Her responsibilities as queen.

2. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.
(b) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.
(c) Death and betrayal.
(d) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.

3. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
(a) For directions to Troy.
(b) To help them mend their ships or to let them stay in Carthage.
(c) To help them build a shrine to Venus .
(d) For permission to woo her.

4. Why does Acestës welcome Aeneas and his followers?
(a) He is secretly plotting against them.
(b) He empathizes with their sufferings.
(c) His mother was Trojan.
(d) Jupiter commands him to welcome them.

5. What happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?
(a) Fire surrounds his head.
(b) Jupiter's voice thunders above.
(c) Blood flows from the plant.
(d) Lightning flashes in the sky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when souls are destined to be reborn in a second body?

3. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?

4. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?

5. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?

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