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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whose funeral does Book VII open?
(a) Anchises.
(b) Caieta.
(c) Misenus.
(d) Palinurus.

2. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?
(a) Never to let Achates helm the boat.
(b) To find and bury his body.
(c) To do anything to make Iulus a king.
(d) To avenge his death.

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

4. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?
(a) When the Arcadians defeated the Latins in battle.
(b) When Dardandus left to found Troy.
(c) When Hercules slew the beast Cacus.
(d) The anniversary of Evander becoming king.

5. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?
(a) The Trojans carry the horse inside and Sinon lets the soldiers inside it out.
(b) The Trojans move the horse next to their walls and the soldiers use it as a ladder.
(c) While the Trojans are busy looking at the horse, the Danaans storm the front gates of Troy.
(d) The Danaans are still unable to breach the walls of Troy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Vulcan and the Cyclops crafted?

4. What is remarkable about the boxing gloves of Eryx?

5. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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