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

2. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?
(a) Jupiter tells her.
(b) Juno tells her.
(c) Aeneas tells her.
(d) Rumor tells her.

3. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
(a) DIdo is burning a dummy figure of Aeneas in revenge.
(b) The gods are shedding light on it to bless it.
(c) Dido has lit all the torches to light him on his journey.
(d) Dido's pyre is burning.

4. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?
(a) Mars.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Ilia.
(d) Remus.

5. What is Coroebus' idea for how he, Aeneas, and their companions can pass to safety?
(a) They will disguise themselves in Greek armor.
(b) They will hide inside the wooden horse until the Greeks take it back outside.
(c) They will call on Venus to come save them.
(d) They will escape through a secret tunnel under the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?

2. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

3. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?

4. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?

5. What does Neptune say must happen for Aeneas and his followers to have save passage over the seas?

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