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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(b) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(c) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(d) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
2. Why do the Trojan women set fire to the Trojan ships in Book V?
(a) It was a mistake and they actually meant to burn Acestës' ships.
(b) They are dazzled by signs and portents and want to make their home where they are.
(c) It is a sign of respect and morning.
(d) They are afraid Aeneas will leave without them.
3. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?
(a) Midsea.
(b) Crete.
(c) Thrace.
(d) Troy.
4. How does Anchises act when Aeneas first comes to help him escape?
(a) He is crying too hard to get any words out.
(b) He urges the others to escape and leave him behind.
(c) He is sleeping too soundly to be awakened.
(d) He berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
5. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.
(b) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.
(c) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(d) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
2. Who dies at the end of Book 3?
3. What omen does everyone witness when Acestës is shooting arrows?
4. 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?
5. How does Aeneas put out the burning Trojan ships after the Trojan women set them on fire?
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