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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Venus at first think Juno's idea to have Dido and Aeneas marry and rule Carthage side by side is a bad one?
(a) She wants Aeneas to be the sole ruler of Carthage.
(b) She does not think it fair to Dido to make her rule with Aeneas.
(c) She does not want Italy's future power diverted to Carthage.
(d) She does not think their love will last.

2. What do the crowd of refugees expect from Aeneas?
(a) They want him to apologize for letting Troy fall.
(b) They want him to lead them in a prayer of thanks for their escape.
(c) They want him to lead them by sea to new lands.
(d) They want him to train them in battle so they can fight the Danaans better.

3. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?
(a) the Trojans for letting the Danaans trick them.
(b) The harsh will of the gods.
(c) Priam for being too proud.
(d) Helen and Paris for running away together.

4. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?
(a) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(b) They were visited by Mercury.
(c) They had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(d) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.

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

6. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.
(b) For his best toga and shield.
(c) For his father Anchises and his medicine.
(d) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.

7. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.
(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) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.

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

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

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

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

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

13. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
(a) The gods are shedding light on it to bless it.
(b) Dido's pyre is burning.
(c) DIdo is burning a dummy figure of Aeneas in revenge.
(d) Dido has lit all the torches to light him on his journey.

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

15. When Dido sees Aeneas' men readying their ships to sail, for what does she plead?
(a) For Aeneas to wait to sail until the weather is better.
(b) For them to leave plans with her people for how to build such wonderful ships.
(c) That they take her sister Anna with them as a guide.
(d) That they sabotage the ships to keep Aeneas in Carthage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?

2. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?

3. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?

4. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?

5. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

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