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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he can bring her back to life now.
(b) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(c) That he left her lands against his will.
(d) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.

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

3. What does Aeneas promise to do if the gods grant his wish?
(a) He will name his new city after Jupiter.
(b) He will honor his mother Venus more.
(c) He will make a sacrifice to Juno.
(d) He will build a temple to Phoebus and Diana of the Crossroads.

4. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His wife, Creusa.
(b) His dead king Priam's body.
(c) His mother, Venus.
(d) His sworn enemy, Sinon.

5. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?
(a) King Iarbas.
(b) Anna.
(c) Her favorite handmaiden.
(d) Ascanius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?

2. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?

3. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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