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

2. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They will win the war against the Danaans.
(c) They will win the favor of the god Pallas.
(d) They will face the wrath of the goddess Minerva.

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

4. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?
(a) He appears wearing women's garb as a disguise.
(b) He appears accompanied by the goddess Venus.
(c) He appears out of a thinning cloud as if from thin air.
(d) He appears swearing vengeance on them all.

5. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?
(a) Hector.
(b) Venus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Laocoön.

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. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?

3. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?

4. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?

5. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?

(see the answer key)

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