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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?
(a) Leaving Dido's city.
(b) The fall of Troy.
(c) Paris taking Helen.
(d) The death of Anchises.

2. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?
(a) Marry a neighboring king to keep her lands safe.
(b) Haunt him as a spirit after she dies.
(c) Construct a temple in his honor.
(d) Follow him to kill him.

3. Who kills Pallas?
(a) Camilla.
(b) Lausus.
(c) Turnus.
(d) Jupiter.

4. What does Venus claim the Trojans would have been better off doing after Troy was destroyed by the Greeks?
(a) Building shrines to her everywhere they traveled.
(b) Rebuilding Troy instead of being pricked by fate to travel to Latium and enter into a new conflict.
(c) Staying with the rest of their people back with Acestës.
(d) Showering King Latinus with shiploads of gifts to win him over before meeting him.

5. How does Juturna cause unrest in the ranks of the Rutulians?
(a) Disguised as Camers, she encourages them to think that they outnumber the Trojans and that they must fight to keep from being enslaved.
(b) Disguised as Juno, she exorts them to fight like men.
(c) Disguised as Turnus, she orders them to attack Aeneas once he is on his own.
(d) Disguised as Lavinia, she pleads with them to fight to save her from Aeneas.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose funeral does Book VII open?

2. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?

3. To which goddess is Camilla dedicated?

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

5. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?

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