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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?
(a) Aeneas' son Ascanius, renamed Iulus.
(b) Aeneas' grandfather, Ilium.
(c) Aeneas' sister, Ilia.
(d) Aeneas' daughter Creusa, renamed Julia.

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

3. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?
(a) A herd of beasts to sacrifice to the gods.
(b) King Priam's sword and shield.
(c) Three wooden splinters from the wooden horse.
(d) The Phrygian hearth-gods.

4. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(b) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(c) Scenes from the past history of Troy.
(d) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.

5. Who appears to Aeneas in a dream to tell him where to find people willing to ally themselves with the Trojans against the Latins?
(a) Allecto, who hopes to lead him astray.
(b) Venus, to help her son.
(c) Tiberinus, the river god of the Tiber.
(d) Anchises, to confirm for Aeneas that he is in the right place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

2. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?

3. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?

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

5. What does Venus use to convince her husband Vulcan to make armor for Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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