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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 transport Anchises out of Troy?
(a) On his back.
(b) On a stretcher after the Danaans wound him.
(c) By pulling him along by the hand.
(d) In a wheeled cart.

2. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
(a) Because Venus wanted to cheer her son up.
(b) Because Venus could not bear to see Dido so unhappy.
(c) Because Venus was afraid of and wanted to stop the growing power of Carthage.
(d) To keep Dido from falling in love with a Greek.

3. Which of the following is not an effect that Dido says has been caused by her love affair with Aeneas?
(a) She has lost her integrity.
(b) She is stuck with his child to raise.
(c) Libyans and nomad kings hate her.
(d) Her own people hate her.

4. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?
(a) He trips Salius.
(b) He cheers loudly for him.
(c) He refuses to compete himself.
(d) He discourages others from entering the contest.

5. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?
(a) He wants Aeneas to stop praying to him.
(b) For Aeneas to stop being distracted by Dido and her city and go build his own kingdom.
(c) He wants Aeneas to help Dido build Carthage into the finest city in the world.
(d) He wants Aeneas to do the right thing and marry Dido properly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?

2. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?

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

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

5. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?

(see the answer key)

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