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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Dido's ghost react to seeing Aeneas?
(a) She smiles and tells him all is forgiven.
(b) She reenacts her suicide.
(c) She flees from him and returns to her first husband, Sychaeus.
(d) She falls to her knees and pleads with him to take her away with him.

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

5. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?
(a) Never to let Achates helm the boat.
(b) To avenge his death.
(c) To find and bury his body.
(d) To do anything to make Iulus a king.

6. 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) Jupiter's voice thunders above.
(c) Lightning flashes in the sky.
(d) Fire surrounds his head.

7. Which of the following is not an effect that Dido says has been caused by her love affair with Aeneas?
(a) She has lost her integrity.
(b) Her own people hate her.
(c) She is stuck with his child to raise.
(d) Libyans and nomad kings hate her.

8. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(b) Sickened by a terrible plague.
(c) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.
(d) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.

9. Which of the following must Aeneas do to enter the underworld?
(a) He must find and follow Orpheus down.
(b) He must wait for Venus to come take him.
(c) He must wrestle the gatekeeper and win.
(d) He must pick the golden bough.

10. What portent appears relating to Iulus?
(a) A cloud of smoke that covers up his face.
(b) A snake that wraps around his ankle.
(c) A tongue of flame on his head.
(d) A bird that lands on his left shoulder.

11. Why does Palinurus fall overboard?
(a) Somnus puts him to sleep and shoves him into the water.
(b) He is drunk while on duty.
(c) He trips over Ascanius and falls.
(d) The boat lurches unexpectedly during a storm sent by Jupiter.

12. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?
(a) He wants Aeneas to stop praying to him.
(b) He wants Aeneas to help Dido build Carthage into the finest city in the world.
(c) For Aeneas to stop being distracted by Dido and her city and go build his own kingdom.
(d) He wants Aeneas to do the right thing and marry Dido properly.

13. How does Cloanthus win the boat race during the funeral games?
(a) His prayers convince the harbor god to help him.
(b) He has Aeneas help him.
(c) He constructs the best boat.
(d) He capsizes the boats of his opponents.

14. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(b) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(c) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(d) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of the Sibyl?

2. How does Dido kill herself?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?

4. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?

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