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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His sworn enemy, Sinon.
(b) His mother, Venus.
(c) His dead king Priam's body.
(d) His wife, Creusa.

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

4. 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.

5. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Dido's love for Aeneas?
(a) All construction of the city of Carthage stops.
(b) Dido keeps holding Ascanius on her lap because he looks like Aeneas.
(c) Dido presses herself against the couch where Aeneas sat.
(d) Dido persuades Aeneas to help her people build better ships.

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

7. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?
(a) King Iarbas.
(b) Her favorite handmaiden.
(c) Anna.
(d) Ascanius.

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

9. What important things has Aeneas carried with him from Troy?
(a) A herd of beasts to sacrifice to the gods.
(b) The Phrygian hearth-gods.
(c) King Priam's sword and shield.
(d) Three wooden splinters from the wooden horse.

10. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?
(a) Aeneas tells her.
(b) Jupiter tells her.
(c) Juno tells her.
(d) Rumor tells her.

11. What does Aeneas promise to do if the gods grant his wish?
(a) He will honor his mother Venus more.
(b) He will make a sacrifice to Juno.
(c) He will build a temple to Phoebus and Diana of the Crossroads.
(d) He will name his new city after Jupiter.

12. What does the fake Iulus make Dido forget?
(a) Her duty to help Aeneas.
(b) The counsel of her sister.
(c) Her responsibilities as queen.
(d) The memory of her dead husband, Sychaeus.

13. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?
(a) He wants to save her from her fate.
(b) He feels an impulse to kill her to punish her.
(c) He wants to carry her off and marry her.
(d) He feels pity for her circumstances.

14. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he can bring her back to life now.
(b) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.
(c) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(d) That he left her lands against his will.

15. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?
(a) Dido's lands are surrounded by hostile people.
(b) It is Jupiter's will.
(c) Their brother could find and attack them in the future.
(d) Dido should enjoy love and children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aetna?

2. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?

3. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?

4. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?

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

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