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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?
(a) On his back.
(b) In a wheeled cart.
(c) By pulling him along by the hand.
(d) On a stretcher after the Danaans wound him.

3. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he can bring her back to life now.
(b) That he left her lands against his will.
(c) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.
(d) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.

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

5. Why does Aeneas trust he can approach Evander safely as a supplicant?
(a) Evander is an enemy to Juno.
(b) They are related through their ancestors.
(c) A white pig in a dream tells him he can.
(d) Cupid has gone before him and won Evander over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Trojans' ships when Turnus tries to burn them?

2. To what does Aeneas attribute Darës' inability to beat Entellus?

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

4. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?

5. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

(see the answer key)

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