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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Venus claim the Trojans would have been better off doing after Troy was destroyed by the Greeks?
(a) Rebuilding Troy instead of being pricked by fate to travel to Latium and enter into a new conflict.
(b) Building shrines to her everywhere they traveled.
(c) Staying with the rest of their people back with Acestës.
(d) Showering King Latinus with shiploads of gifts to win him over before meeting him.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following is NOT something Vulcan and the Cyclops crafted?
(a) An aegis for Pallas.
(b) A chariot for Mars.
(c) A lightning bolt for Jupiter.
(d) A helmet for Apollo.

4. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?
(a) One of Aeneas' followers tells her the story of how he treated Dido.
(b) The goddess Juno threatens her with destruction if she allows the wedding to take place.
(c) The goddess Venus influences her to save Aeneas for another bride.
(d) The goddess Allecto attaches a snake to her that poisons her mind.

5. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Juno goes herself.
(c) Allecto.
(d) Iris.

6. What betrays the presence of Euryalus to the enemy?
(a) A snapping twig under his feet.
(b) The gleam of his helmet in the moonlight.
(c) The noise of the clanking of the booty he has taken from Turnus' camp.
(d) Allecto directing their attention to him.

7. 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 sadness for Iulus' sake that Iulus won't get to fight any longer.
(d) Full of anger that Turnus thinks he can actually match Aeneas as a fighter.

8. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
(a) That a special stranger will come with a body of men to take Latinus' fortress.
(b) That there will be a good harvest that year.
(c) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.
(d) That Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.

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

10. Why do the Trojans and the Latins call a twelve-day truce?
(a) Because the gods demand it.
(b) So they can prepare for the wedding of Lavinia and Aeneas.
(c) So they can bury their dead properly.
(d) Because a plague has broken out on both sides.

11. For what purpose does Virgil invoke Erato, the Muse of Desire?
(a) To help him retell the history of the early kings of Latium.
(b) To help him talk about how Aeneas still mourned for Dido.
(c) To help him describe the goddess Circe.
(d) To help him woo the goddess Venus.

12. 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?
(a) She asked Vulcan to craft a special shield.
(b) She used Iris as a helper.
(c) She caused the women to burn the Trojans' ships on Eryx's shore.
(d) She used Allecto to stir up a frenzy.

13. What happens to the Trojans' ships when Turnus tries to burn them?
(a) They are hidden from view in mist by Venus.
(b) At the request of Venus, Jupiter causes it to rain and put the fire out.
(c) At the command of the mother of the gods, Jupiter turns the ships into sea-goddesses and sets them free.
(d) They go up in ashes, trapping the Trojans in Italy.

14. Who does the queen of Latium want her daughter to marry?
(a) Turnus.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Jove.
(d) Ascanius.

15. Who fills Tarchon with anger so that he will fight and lead his warriors better?
(a) Mars.
(b) Phoebus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Book XI, how does Turnus say he wants to settle the conflict?

2. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?

3. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?

4. What do Nisus and Euryalus do as they move through Turnus' camp?

5. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?

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