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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Danaans are still unable to breach the walls of Troy.
(c) The Trojans move the horse next to their walls and the soldiers use it as a ladder.
(d) The Trojans carry the horse inside and Sinon lets the soldiers inside it out.

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

3. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?
(a) The wrath of Juno.
(b) A group of sirens.
(c) A herd of Cyclops.
(d) Another flock of Harpies.

4. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(b) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.
(c) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.
(d) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.
(b) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(c) Death and betrayal.
(d) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?

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

4. What tale does Dido want Aeneas to tell?

5. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?

(see the answer key)

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