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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
(a) That a special stranger will come with a body of men to take Latinus' fortress.
(b) That Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.
(c) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.
(d) That there will be a good harvest that year.
2. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?
(a) To charm her into loving Aeneas.
(b) To win a bet with Jupiter.
(c) To learn what Dido's true thoughts about the Trojans are.
(d) To destroy the Trojans.
3. How does Anchises act when Aeneas first comes to help him escape?
(a) He is sleeping too soundly to be awakened.
(b) He urges the others to escape and leave him behind.
(c) He is crying too hard to get any words out.
(d) He berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
4. What do the crowd of refugees expect from Aeneas?
(a) They want him to apologize for letting Troy fall.
(b) They want him to lead them by sea to new lands.
(c) They want him to lead them in a prayer of thanks for their escape.
(d) They want him to train them in battle so they can fight the Danaans better.
5. Who is Aeneas told will be willing to fight with him against the Latins?
(a) King Evander and his Arcadians.
(b) King Latinus and his Latins.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Turnus and his Etruscans.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?
2. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?
3. Why did Misenus meet an early death?
4. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?
5. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?
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