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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
(a) Dido has lit all the torches to light him on his journey.
(b) The gods are shedding light on it to bless it.
(c) Dido's pyre is burning.
(d) DIdo is burning a dummy figure of Aeneas in revenge.

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

3. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It turns to gold.
(b) It disappears.
(c) It becomes theirs forever.
(d) It becomes covered in filth.

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?
(a) She wants Aeneas to be the sole ruler of Carthage.
(b) She does not think their love will last.
(c) She does not want Italy's future power diverted to Carthage.
(d) She does not think it fair to Dido to make her rule with Aeneas.

5. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?
(a) The Greeks will never be able to find and attack them there.
(b) It is their true home, the land from which the forefathers of their people came.
(c) They only have enough food to make it that far.
(d) It is Venus' land and she promises it to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?

2. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?

3. How does Cloanthus win the boat race during the funeral games?

4. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?

5. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?

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