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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?
(a) He does not know who they are.
(b) He has heard tales of their great feats.
(c) They are fellow Trojans.
(d) He fought against them in the Trojan War.

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

3. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?
(a) Juno.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Venus.
(d) Neptune.

4. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?
(a) Juno.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Venus.

5. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(b) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dido sees Aeneas' men readying their ships to sail, for what does she plead?

2. What do the crowd of refugees expect from Aeneas?

3. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?

4. Why does Palinurus fall overboard?

5. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?

(see the answer key)

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