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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?
(a) A herd of beasts to sacrifice to the gods.
(b) Three wooden splinters from the wooden horse.
(c) King Priam's sword and shield.
(d) The Phrygian hearth-gods.

2. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
(a) To help them mend their ships or to let them stay in Carthage.
(b) For directions to Troy.
(c) For permission to woo her.
(d) To help them build a shrine to Venus .

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

4. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?
(a) He wants Juno to stop bothering his country.
(b) He is angry that after he gave Dido land for her city, she has taken up with someone else.
(c) He is good friends with Dido and wants Jupiter to protect her new love.
(d) He wants counsel about how best to attack Dido's lands while she is distracted with Aeneas.

5. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(b) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(c) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(d) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

3. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

4. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?

5. How does Dido kill herself?

(see the answer key)

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