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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 the fake Iulus make Dido forget?
(a) The memory of her dead husband, Sychaeus.
(b) Her responsibilities as queen.
(c) Her duty to help Aeneas.
(d) The counsel of her sister.

2. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?
(a) Another flock of Harpies.
(b) A herd of Cyclops.
(c) The wrath of Juno.
(d) A group of sirens.

3. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) Though he will try to run, he will never escape the Danaans.
(b) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.
(c) After years of hard work, he will rebuild Troy in the same place as it once was.
(d) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.

4. Why does Palinurus fall overboard?
(a) He trips over Ascanius and falls.
(b) Somnus puts him to sleep and shoves him into the water.
(c) The boat lurches unexpectedly during a storm sent by Jupiter.
(d) He is drunk while on duty.

5. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?
(a) The death of Anchises.
(b) The fall of Troy.
(c) Paris taking Helen.
(d) Leaving Dido's city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?

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

3. Who blinded Polyphemus?

4. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?

5. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?

(see the answer key)

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