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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) She does not think their love will last.
(b) She does not think it fair to Dido to make her rule with Aeneas.
(c) She does not want Italy's future power diverted to Carthage.
(d) She wants Aeneas to be the sole ruler of Carthage.

2. How does Cloanthus win the boat race during the funeral games?
(a) He constructs the best boat.
(b) His prayers convince the harbor god to help him.
(c) He has Aeneas help him.
(d) He capsizes the boats of his opponents.

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 berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
(d) He is crying too hard to get any words out.

4. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?
(a) He fought against them in the Trojan War.
(b) He has heard tales of their great feats.
(c) They are fellow Trojans.
(d) He does not know who they are.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?

2. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?

3. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

4. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?

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

(see the answer key)

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