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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?
(a) Both war and peace.
(b) Both feast and famine.
(c) Both laughter and tears.
(d) Both fame and fortune.

2. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.
(b) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.
(c) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.
(d) For the strength to stand up and run.

3. Why does Venus send a fake Ascanius to Dido?
(a) To win a bet with Jupiter.
(b) To destroy the Trojans.
(c) To learn what Dido's true thoughts about the Trojans are.
(d) To charm her into loving Aeneas.

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

5. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?
(a) Vulcan.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.

6. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) Death and betrayal.
(b) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.
(c) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(d) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.

7. Who blinded Polyphemus?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Ulysses and his crewmen.
(c) Orestes.
(d) the Furies.

8. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?
(a) Venus.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Juno.

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

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

11. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?
(a) The Trojans move the horse next to their walls and the soldiers use it as a ladder.
(b) While the Trojans are busy looking at the horse, the Danaans storm the front gates of Troy.
(c) The Danaans are still unable to breach the walls of Troy.
(d) The Trojans carry the horse inside and Sinon lets the soldiers inside it out.

12. Who is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology NOT depicted in the temple of Apollo?
(a) Androgeos.
(b) Pasiphaë.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Minotaur.

13. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?
(a) Entellus makes Darës fall.
(b) He ducks his punch and Entellus topples over.
(c) He knocks him out with one solid blow.
(d) He has the advantage of using heavier gloves.

14. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?
(a) He murders Priam's son.
(b) He takes away Priam's sword.
(c) He claims to be Priam's son.
(d) He sets fire to a holy altar.

15. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?
(a) The river Styx.
(b) The golden bough.
(c) The Sibyl.
(d) Charon's boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Coroebus' idea for how he, Aeneas, and their companions can pass to safety?

2. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?

3. When Dido sees Aeneas' men readying their ships to sail, for what does she plead?

4. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?

5. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

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