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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To tell people what will happen.
(b) To guard a special cave entrance.
(c) To give directions on where to go.
(d) To advise people on what jobs to take.

2. What is Aetna?
(a) A geyser that sprays from the ground.
(b) A volcano.
(c) A large river.
(d) A huge waterfall.

3. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?
(a) The goddess Juno threatens her with destruction if she allows the wedding to take place.
(b) One of Aeneas' followers tells her the story of how he treated Dido.
(c) The goddess Allecto attaches a snake to her that poisons her mind.
(d) The goddess Venus influences her to save Aeneas for another bride.

4. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?
(a) Scenes from the siege of Troy.
(b) The acts that will make his descendants famous.
(c) Maps of Latium.
(d) Scenes of the gods and goddesses seated peacefully in Olympus.

5. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.
(b) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(c) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.
(d) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose funeral does Book VII open?

2. Why does Venus at first think Juno's idea to have Dido and Aeneas marry and rule Carthage side by side is a bad one?

3. Why does Acestës welcome Aeneas and his followers?

4. What did the god Saturn give the first people in Latinum to start their civilization?

5. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?

(see the answer key)

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