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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?
(a) Haunt him as a spirit after she dies.
(b) Follow him to kill him.
(c) Construct a temple in his honor.
(d) Marry a neighboring king to keep her lands safe.

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

3. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?
(a) Thymoetes.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Laocoön.
(d) Tenedos.

4. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.
(b) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(c) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(d) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?

2. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?

3. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?

4. What reason does Entellus give for why he didn't volunteer immediately to fight Darës?

5. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?

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