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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Misenus meet an early death?
(a) He ate the fruit of the golden bough.
(b) He pretended he could make music as well as the gods and Triton drowned him.
(c) He went looking for Palinurus under the water and drowned too.
(d) He looked straight into the Sibyl's eyes.

2. 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 is sleeping too soundly to be awakened.
(c) He berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
(d) He urges the others to escape and leave him behind.

3. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?
(a) A foot race.
(b) A ship race.
(c) Javelin and archery contests.
(d) A chariot race.

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

5. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?
(a) The Sibyl.
(b) Charon's boat.
(c) The river Styx.
(d) The golden bough.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Venus at first think Juno's idea to have Dido and Aeneas marry and rule Carthage side by side is a bad one?

2. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

3. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?

4. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?

5. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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