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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?
(a) A flash of lightning.
(b) A snake.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A tongue of fire.

2. Who will bury Palinurus' body?
(a) People who live near where his body washed up.
(b) Iulus.
(c) Aeneas.
(d) Somnus.

3. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?
(a) Two doves from Venus.
(b) The Sibyl.
(c) The ghost of Misenus.
(d) He finds it on his own.

4. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Crete.
(c) Italy.
(d) Troy.

5. Evander, unaware, is the founder of which of the following?
(a) The Lupercal grotto.
(b) Rome's great citadel.
(c) The sacred wood of Argiletum.
(d) The first military school in Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?

2. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?

3. What do seers say it means when Lavinia's hair glows with divine fire?

4. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

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

(see the answer key)

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