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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?
(a) A herd of beasts to sacrifice to the gods.
(b) King Priam's sword and shield.
(c) The Phrygian hearth-gods.
(d) Three wooden splinters from the wooden horse.

2. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.
(b) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.
(c) For the strength to stand up and run.
(d) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.

3. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?
(a) Both laughter and tears.
(b) Both feast and famine.
(c) Both fame and fortune.
(d) Both war and peace.

4. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Troy.
(b) Crete.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Italy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?

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

3. What do the crowd of refugees expect from Aeneas?

4. Who blinded Polyphemus?

5. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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