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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What portent appears relating to Iulus?
(a) A cloud of smoke that covers up his face.
(b) A snake that wraps around his ankle.
(c) A tongue of flame on his head.
(d) A bird that lands on his left shoulder.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?
(a) A magic cape.
(b) A cloud of mist.
(c) A leather mask.
(d) A huge bronze shield.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?

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

4. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?

5. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?

(see the answer key)

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