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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Leaving Dido's city.
(c) The death of Anchises.
(d) The fall of Troy.

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

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

4. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
(a) For permission to woo her.
(b) To help them build a shrine to Venus .
(c) To help them mend their ships or to let them stay in Carthage.
(d) For directions to Troy.

5. 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 had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(c) They were visited by Mercury.
(d) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.

6. What does Sinon say is the purpose of the big wooden horse?
(a) It is a gift to tell the Trojans they are sorry for attacking Troy.
(b) It is an offering to apologize for stealing the Palladium.
(c) It is a lighthouse to guide the Danaan ships back to Troy.
(d) It is meant to be fuel for a bonfire when the Danaans return to destroy Troy.

7. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) In the Blessed Groves.
(c) In the River Styx.
(d) Elysium.

8. What reason does Entellus give for why he didn't volunteer immediately to fight Darës?
(a) He would be embarrased to lose to Darës.
(b) He didn't want to take the chance to fight Darës away from Acestës.
(c) He no longer believes that fighting is a good thing to do.
(d) He is getting older and his body is slower than it was.

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

10. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?
(a) On a boat at sea.
(b) At the ruins of Troy.
(c) In a cave.
(d) At the altar of Juno.

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

12. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?
(a) Ilia.
(b) Mars.
(c) Romulus.
(d) Remus.

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

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

15. Who does Venus send to Carthage disguised as Aeneas' son?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Vulcan.
(c) Her son, Cupid.
(d) A huntress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anchises act when Aeneas first comes to help him escape?

2. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?

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

4. Why does Palinurus fall overboard?

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

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