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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?
(a) He knocks him out with one solid blow.
(b) He ducks his punch and Entellus topples over.
(c) Entellus makes Darës fall.
(d) He has the advantage of using heavier gloves.

2. What prize is Nisus given by Aeneas?
(a) sturdy shoes.
(b) A vial of precious oil.
(c) A new boat.
(d) A shield.

3. What does Virgil do to prepare to talk about the warfare between the Trojans and the Rutulians?
(a) Blames Juno for the upcoming bloodshed.
(b) Chastizes Allecto for helping Juno start this war.
(c) Calls on the Muse Calliope for help.
(d) Provides the reader with information about the ancestries of the major warriors.

4. Why has Dido turned her face against remarriage?
(a) She is pledged to Diana.
(b) Her brother killed her last husband.
(c) She must wait until her sister Anna gets married first.
(d) She does not want any man taking over her kingdom.

5. Who finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?
(a) Turnus.
(b) Allecto.
(c) Juno.
(d) Iris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?

2. What is one of Juno's arguments for why it was right for her to have helped the Rutulians?

3. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

4. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?

5. Who appears to Aeneas in a dream to tell him where to find people willing to ally themselves with the Trojans against the Latins?

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