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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?
(a) He can't locate the camp because the Trojans have moved it.
(b) The Trojans hole up in their camp and won't come out.
(c) King Latinus interferes and stops him.
(d) He is vastly outnumbered by the Trojan fighters.

2. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?
(a) Juno.
(b) Venus.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Mercury.

3. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.
(b) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.
(c) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.
(d) For the strength to stand up and run.

4. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?
(a) The Greeks will never be able to find and attack them there.
(b) It is their true home, the land from which the forefathers of their people came.
(c) It is Venus' land and she promises it to them.
(d) They only have enough food to make it that far.

5. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(b) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.
(c) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(d) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?

2. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?

3. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?

4. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?

5. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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