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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) For the strength to stand up and run.
(b) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.
(c) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.
(d) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.

2. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?
(a) Dido.
(b) Juno.
(c) Achates.
(d) Venus.

3. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?
(a) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.
(b) They were visited by Mercury.
(c) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(d) They had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.

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

5. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?
(a) A map to the underworld.
(b) Scenes of the Trojan War.
(c) Portraits of monsters such as the Harpies and the Cyclops.
(d) Pictures of the gods and goddesses quarreling in Olympus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

4. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?

5. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?

(see the answer key)

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