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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arruns kill Camilla?
(a) With a thrown javelin.
(b) Accidentally, with a misplaced axe swing.
(c) In hand-to-hand combat.
(d) He only wounds her.

2. What does Juno plan to do in Book VII to stop Aeneas from ruling Italy?
(a) She will bring down a plague on Latium until Aeneas leaves.
(b) She will delay the wedding with Lavinia and destroy both peoples.
(c) She will spirit Aeneas away to another land.
(d) She will enlist Apollo's aid in frightening Aeneas away.

3. Which of the following is not one of the ways Juno suggests Juturna try to save Turnus?
(a) To convince Jupiter to intervene.
(b) To start the war again.
(c) To snatch him back from death.
(d) To get the two sides to break the pact.

4. What favor does Aeneas generously grant the Latin petition?
(a) He will return Mezentius' weapons and armor.
(b) He will pray to Jupiter and the gods on their behalf.
(c) He will return their dead for proper burial.
(d) He will speak to Turnus about ending the conflict.

5. To whom is Camilla compared to as she fights?
(a) A Fury.
(b) A Harpy.
(c) Circe.
(d) An Amazon.

6. What does Aeneas say is the only reason he came to Italy?
(a) Because he was invited by King Latinus.
(b) Because he promised to aid Evander and the Arcadians.
(c) Because he was fleeing the Greeks.
(d) Because fate gave him this land for settlement.

7. Why does Aeneas trust he can approach Evander safely as a supplicant?
(a) Evander is an enemy to Juno.
(b) They are related through their ancestors.
(c) Cupid has gone before him and won Evander over.
(d) A white pig in a dream tells him he can.

8. What is Iulus' first feat of arms?
(a) He uses his shield to protect another soldier from a rain of arrows.
(b) He cuts down with his sword a Rutulian trying to climb into the Trojan camp.
(c) He fights Turnus with an ax.
(d) He shoots Remulus through the head with an arrow.

9. What does Jupiter tell Hercules is the labor of the brave, since human lifetimes are so short?
(a) To make sacrifices to all the gods.
(b) To spend every moment helping the weak.
(c) To die as soon as possible in battle.
(d) To make their fame last through great deeds.

10. For what does Juno blame Aeneas in regard to the current conflict?
(a) She blames him for the unfair advantage of his new armor.
(b) She blames him for trying to abduct Lavinia.
(c) She blames him for relying on Venus' help.
(d) She blames him for leaving camp in charge of Ascanius.

11. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?
(a) The Trojans hole up in their camp and won't come out.
(b) King Latinus interferes and stops him.
(c) He is vastly outnumbered by the Trojan fighters.
(d) He can't locate the camp because the Trojans have moved it.

12. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?
(a) Because Jupiter has decreed that he will win.
(b) Because Venus will not be allowed to intervene.
(c) Because Juno will fight alongside him.
(d) Because Lavinia promises to help him.

13. What did the god Saturn give the first people in Latinum to start their civilization?
(a) A special shield.
(b) Musical instruments.
(c) Laws.
(d) Weapons.

14. How does Turnus' acceptance of the challenge to fight in single combat make Aeneas feel?
(a) Full of nervousness that Turnus might win.
(b) Full of joy because the war will cease.
(c) Full of anger that Turnus thinks he can actually match Aeneas as a fighter.
(d) Full of sadness for Iulus' sake that Iulus won't get to fight any longer.

15. Who finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?
(a) Juno.
(b) Iris.
(c) Turnus.
(d) Allecto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Pallas?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the examples that Venus lists of ways that Juno ignored Jupiter's will and tried to form new destinies for men?

3. Who fills Tarchon with anger so that he will fight and lead his warriors better?

4. What does King Latinus propose to give to the Trojans?

5. What is one of Juno's arguments for why it was right for her to have helped the Rutulians?

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