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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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 carry the horse inside and Sinon lets the soldiers inside it out.
(d) The Trojans move the horse next to their walls and the soldiers use it as a ladder.

4. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
(b) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(c) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.
(d) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.

5. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.
(b) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.
(c) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(d) Sickened by a terrible plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?

2. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

3. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

4. What is Coroebus' idea for how he, Aeneas, and their companions can pass to safety?

5. Who travels with Aeneas to check out the place where they have landed?

(see the answer key)

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