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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 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.

2. How does Cloanthus win the boat race during the funeral games?
(a) His prayers convince the harbor god to help him.
(b) He constructs the best boat.
(c) He has Aeneas help him.
(d) He capsizes the boats of his opponents.

3. Who travels with Aeneas to check out the place where they have landed?
(a) Achates.
(b) Pallas.
(c) Venus.
(d) Anchises.

4. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?
(a) A tongue of fire.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A flash of lightning.
(d) A snake.

5. Who blinded Polyphemus?
(a) Orestes.
(b) the Furies.
(c) Aeneas.
(d) Ulysses and his crewmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?

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

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

4. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?

5. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Dido's love for Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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