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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?
(a) In the Blessed Groves.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) In the River Styx.
(d) Elysium.

2. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(b) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(c) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(d) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.

3. Why does Aeneas trust he can approach Evander safely as a supplicant?
(a) They are related through their ancestors.
(b) Evander is an enemy to Juno.
(c) Cupid has gone before him and won Evander over.
(d) A white pig in a dream tells him he can.

4. Why does Palinurus fall overboard?
(a) Somnus puts him to sleep and shoves him into the water.
(b) The boat lurches unexpectedly during a storm sent by Jupiter.
(c) He trips over Ascanius and falls.
(d) He is drunk while on duty.

5. What prize is Nisus given by Aeneas?
(a) sturdy shoes.
(b) A vial of precious oil.
(c) A shield.
(d) A new boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

2. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?

3. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?

4. Who does Evander plan to use as Aeneas' new army?

5. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?

(see the answer key)

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