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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Blood flows from the plant.
(b) Fire surrounds his head.
(c) Lightning flashes in the sky.
(d) Jupiter's voice thunders above.

3. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.
(b) Though he will try to run, he will never escape the Danaans.
(c) After years of hard work, he will rebuild Troy in the same place as it once was.
(d) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.

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

5. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?
(a) A snake.
(b) A tongue of fire.
(c) A flash of lightning.
(d) A cloud.

6. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.
(b) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(c) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(d) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.

7. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?
(a) Vicious wars.
(b) Marriage with a foreign bride.
(c) Continued harassment from Juno.
(d) The death of Ascanius.

8. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) Silvius.

9. What is remarkable about the boxing gloves of Eryx?
(a) They are heavy and huge.
(b) He left them to his half-brother, Aeneas.
(c) They are unused.
(d) He had a rule that no one could use them but him.

10. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.
(b) Scenes from the past history of Troy.
(c) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(d) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.

11. Who tells Aeneas he is in Carthage?
(a) Dido.
(b) Achates.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.

12. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?
(a) A map to the underworld.
(b) Pictures of the gods and goddesses quarreling in Olympus.
(c) Portraits of monsters such as the Harpies and the Cyclops.
(d) Scenes of the Trojan War.

13. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?
(a) The Danaans hid their ships behind a nearby island.
(b) The Danaans sent a letter announcing that they were leaving.
(c) The Danaans surrendered and promised to go.
(d) The Danaans set fire to their campsite and let it burn to the ground.

14. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To guard a special cave entrance.
(b) To give directions on where to go.
(c) To advise people on what jobs to take.
(d) To tell people what will happen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?

2. Who sends Iris to talk to the mourning Trojan women?

3. Why does Acestës welcome Aeneas and his followers?

4. How does Cloanthus win the boat race during the funeral games?

5. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?

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