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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Venus use to convince her husband Vulcan to make armor for Aeneas?
(a) Threats of Jupiter's anger.
(b) Tears.
(c) Cool reason.
(d) The flame of love.

2. 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) For the strength to stand up and run.
(d) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.

3. For what purpose does Virgil invoke Erato, the Muse of Desire?
(a) To help him woo the goddess Venus.
(b) To help him talk about how Aeneas still mourned for Dido.
(c) To help him retell the history of the early kings of Latium.
(d) To help him describe the goddess Circe.

4. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It disappears.
(b) It becomes theirs forever.
(c) It turns to gold.
(d) It becomes covered in filth.

5. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?
(a) It is a gift to tell the Trojans they are sorry for attacking Troy.
(b) It is meant to be fuel for a bonfire when the Danaans return to destroy Troy.
(c) It is an offering to apologize for stealing the Palladium.
(d) It is a lighthouse to guide the Danaan ships back to Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?

3. Who sends Iris to talk to the mourning Trojan women?

4. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?

5. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?

(see the answer key)

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