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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?
(a) To learn what Dido's true thoughts about the Trojans are.
(b) To destroy the Trojans.
(c) To charm her into loving Aeneas.
(d) To win a bet with Jupiter.

2. What omen does everyone witness when Acestës is shooting arrows?
(a) There is a flash of lightning followed by a clap of thunder.
(b) His arrow makes a trail of flame and burns away to nothing.
(c) It begins to rain.
(d) A rainbow appears in the sky.

3. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Dido's love for Aeneas?
(a) Dido persuades Aeneas to help her people build better ships.
(b) Dido presses herself against the couch where Aeneas sat.
(c) All construction of the city of Carthage stops.
(d) Dido keeps holding Ascanius on her lap because he looks like Aeneas.

4. 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 they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.
(c) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(d) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.

5. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?
(a) Remus.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Mars.
(d) Ilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

2. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

3. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?

4. Who is Andromache's new husband?

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

(see the answer key)

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