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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?
(a) Jupiter's voice thunders above.
(b) Fire surrounds his head.
(c) Lightning flashes in the sky.
(d) Blood flows from the plant.

2. With whose funeral does Book VII open?
(a) Palinurus.
(b) Misenus.
(c) Caieta.
(d) Anchises.

3. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(b) That he can bring her back to life now.
(c) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.
(d) That he left her lands against his will.

4. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.
(b) For his father Anchises and his medicine.
(c) For his best toga and shield.
(d) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.

5. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?
(a) He wants to betray Aeneas for money.
(b) He hopes to spy on them for Aeneas.
(c) He is lost in the forest and they are his only hope of finding his way back to his camp.
(d) He wants to save Euryalus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aeneas trust he can approach Evander safely as a supplicant?

2. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?

3. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

4. How does Dido kill herself?

5. What do Nisus and Euryalus do as they move through Turnus' camp?

(see the answer key)

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