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

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

4. Who does Venus send to Carthage disguised as Aeneas' son?
(a) A huntress.
(b) Her son, Cupid.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Vulcan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?

3. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?

4. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

5. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?

(see the answer key)

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