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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who travels with Aeneas to check out the place where they have landed?
(a) Anchises.
(b) Achates.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pallas.

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

3. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.
(b) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(c) Death and betrayal.
(d) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.

4. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?
(a) Androgeos.
(b) Pasiphaë.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Minotaur.

5. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) After years of hard work, he will rebuild Troy in the same place as it once was.
(b) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.
(c) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.
(d) Though he will try to run, he will never escape the Danaans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?

2. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?

3. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?

4. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?

5. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?

(see the answer key)

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