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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?
(a) Scenes from the siege of Troy.
(b) Maps of Latium.
(c) The acts that will make his descendants famous.
(d) Scenes of the gods and goddesses seated peacefully in Olympus.

2. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?
(a) Marriage with a foreign bride.
(b) Vicious wars.
(c) The death of Ascanius.
(d) Continued harassment from Juno.

3. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The ghost of Nisus.
(c) The ghost of Euryalus.
(d) The sea nymphs that were once his ships.

4. What is remarkable about the boxing gloves of Eryx?
(a) He had a rule that no one could use them but him.
(b) He left them to his half-brother, Aeneas.
(c) They are unused.
(d) They are heavy and huge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?

2. Which monsters help Vulcan in his forge?

3. What tale does Dido want Aeneas to tell?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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