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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?
(a) To make prayers and sacrifices to Juno.
(b) To head for the shoreline to the west.
(c) To watch out for Scylla and Charybdis.
(d) To look for a sign--a giant white sow nursing a litter of piglets.

2. What does Juno plan to do in Book VII to stop Aeneas from ruling Italy?
(a) She will spirit Aeneas away to another land.
(b) She will bring down a plague on Latium until Aeneas leaves.
(c) She will delay the wedding with Lavinia and destroy both peoples.
(d) She will enlist Apollo's aid in frightening Aeneas away.

3. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Sickened by a terrible plague.
(b) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.
(c) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(d) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.

4. Which of the following must Aeneas do to enter the underworld?
(a) He must find and follow Orpheus down.
(b) He must wait for Venus to come take him.
(c) He must pick the golden bough.
(d) He must wrestle the gatekeeper and win.

5. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?
(a) A cloud of mist.
(b) A huge bronze shield.
(c) A leather mask.
(d) A magic cape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nisus and Euryalus do as they move through Turnus' camp?

2. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?

3. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?

4. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?

5. What did the god Saturn give the first people in Latinum to start their civilization?

(see the answer key)

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