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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 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 the settlers must practice better hygiene.
(c) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(d) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.

2. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?
(a) Thrace.
(b) Midsea.
(c) Crete.
(d) Troy.

3. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His mother, Venus.
(b) His wife, Creusa.
(c) His sworn enemy, Sinon.
(d) His dead king Priam's body.

4. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his best toga and shield.
(b) For his father Anchises and his medicine.
(c) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.
(d) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.

5. Who dies at the end of Book 3?
(a) Helenus.
(b) Polyphemus.
(c) Achaemenidës.
(d) Anchises.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?

2. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?

3. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?

4. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

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