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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?
(a) He wants to carry her off and marry her.
(b) He feels an impulse to kill her to punish her.
(c) He feels pity for her circumstances.
(d) He wants to save her from her fate.

3. What causes the Ausonians to attack the Trojans?
(a) Aeneas does not show proper reverence to King Latinus' laurel tree.
(b) Trojan soldiers insult Lavinia.
(c) Iulus hunted and shot a deer he didn't know was a favored pet.
(d) A snake startles them and a soldier striking at it causes everyone to start fighting.

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

5. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?
(a) Two doves from Venus.
(b) He finds it on his own.
(c) The Sibyl.
(d) The ghost of Misenus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Polydorus die?

2. Who appears to Aeneas in a dream to tell him where to find people willing to ally themselves with the Trojans against the Latins?

3. Which monsters help Vulcan in his forge?

4. What does Aeneas promise to do if the gods grant his wish?

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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