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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?
(a) Silvius.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) Aeneas.

2. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?
(a) Helen and Paris for running away together.
(b) The harsh will of the gods.
(c) Priam for being too proud.
(d) the Trojans for letting the Danaans trick them.

3. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It becomes theirs forever.
(b) It becomes covered in filth.
(c) It disappears.
(d) It turns to gold.

4. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
(a) Because Venus could not bear to see Dido so unhappy.
(b) Because Venus was afraid of and wanted to stop the growing power of Carthage.
(c) Because Venus wanted to cheer her son up.
(d) To keep Dido from falling in love with a Greek.

5. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?
(a) Charybdis.
(b) Andromache.
(c) The sibyl of Cumae.
(d) Scylla.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?

2. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?

3. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?

4. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?

5. What does Neptune say must happen for Aeneas and his followers to have save passage over the seas?

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