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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 is the purpose of the big wooden horse?
(a) It is a lighthouse to guide the Danaan ships back to Troy.
(b) It is a gift to tell the Trojans they are sorry for attacking Troy.
(c) It is meant to be fuel for a bonfire when the Danaans return to destroy Troy.
(d) It is an offering to apologize for stealing the Palladium.

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

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

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

5. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?
(a) To charm her into loving Aeneas.
(b) To learn what Dido's true thoughts about the Trojans are.
(c) To destroy the Trojans.
(d) To win a bet with Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?

2. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?

3. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

4. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?

5. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

(see the answer key)

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