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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dido sees Aeneas' men readying their ships to sail, for what does she plead?
(a) For Aeneas to wait to sail until the weather is better.
(b) That they sabotage the ships to keep Aeneas in Carthage.
(c) For them to leave plans with her people for how to build such wonderful ships.
(d) That they take her sister Anna with them as a guide.

2. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?
(a) Troy.
(b) Midsea.
(c) Thrace.
(d) Crete.

3. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?
(a) Because Lavinia promises to help him.
(b) Because Jupiter has decreed that he will win.
(c) Because Venus will not be allowed to intervene.
(d) Because Juno will fight alongside him.

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?
(a) Dido's lands are surrounded by hostile people.
(b) Their brother could find and attack them in the future.
(c) Dido should enjoy love and children.
(d) It is Jupiter's will.

5. What happens when souls are destined to be reborn in a second body?
(a) They must sneak past Charon.
(b) They must drink from the water of Lethe to forget their memories.
(c) They must petition the kind of the underworld to be reborn.
(d) They must craft new bodies for themselves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Juno plan to do in Book VII to stop Aeneas from ruling Italy?

3. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?

4. How does King Latinus welcome the Trojans to Latinum?

5. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?

(see the answer key)

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