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

2. Who travels with Aeneas to check out the place where they have landed?
(a) Achates.
(b) Anchises.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pallas.

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) Calls on the Muse Calliope for help.
(c) Chastizes Allecto for helping Juno start this war.
(d) Provides the reader with information about the ancestries of the major warriors.

4. How does Aeneas put out the burning Trojan ships after the Trojan women set them on fire?
(a) He prays to Jupiter and a storm comes.
(b) He must let the fire burn out on its own.
(c) He calls on Aeolus to blow the fire out.
(d) He asks Neptune to cover the ships with tall waves.

5. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?
(a) They had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(b) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(c) They were visited by Mercury.
(d) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?

3. Who is Aeneas mourning at the beginning of Book XI?

4. With whose funeral does Book VII open?

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

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