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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His mother, Venus.
(b) His dead king Priam's body.
(c) His wife, Creusa.
(d) His sworn enemy, Sinon.

2. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?
(a) The ghost of Nisus.
(b) The ghost of Euryalus.
(c) The sea nymphs that were once his ships.
(d) Jupiter.

3. What did the god Saturn give the first people in Latinum to start their civilization?
(a) A special shield.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Musical instruments.
(d) Laws.

4. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(b) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(c) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(d) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.

5. How does Anchises act when Aeneas first comes to help him escape?
(a) He berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
(b) He is sleeping too soundly to be awakened.
(c) He urges the others to escape and leave him behind.
(d) He is crying too hard to get any words out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?

2. What prize is Nisus given by Aeneas?

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

4. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?

5. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

(see the answer key)

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