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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 Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They will win the favor of the god Pallas.
(c) They will win the war against the Danaans.
(d) They will face the wrath of the goddess Minerva.

2. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his best toga and shield.
(b) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.
(c) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.
(d) For his father Anchises and his medicine.

3. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
(a) To help them build a shrine to Venus .
(b) For permission to woo her.
(c) To help them mend their ships or to let them stay in Carthage.
(d) For directions to Troy.

4. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?
(a) The Danaans surrendered and promised to go.
(b) The Danaans sent a letter announcing that they were leaving.
(c) The Danaans hid their ships behind a nearby island.
(d) The Danaans set fire to their campsite and let it burn to the ground.

5. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His wife, Creusa.
(b) His dead king Priam's body.
(c) His sworn enemy, Sinon.
(d) His mother, Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?

2. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?

3. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?

4. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?

5. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?

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