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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Jupiter forbidden to happen?
(a) The Trojans to hole up in their camp.
(b) Lavinia and Aeneas to marry.
(c) Aeneas to ally with the Arcadians.
(d) Italy and the Trojans to go to war with each other.

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

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

4. At the beginning of Book XI, how does Turnus say he wants to settle the conflict?
(a) He pretends that he thinks that the Rutulians should surrender.
(b) He wants to continue to fight until every last Trojan is dead.
(c) He wants to meet with the Trojans and write a treaty.
(d) He wants to meet Aeneas in single combat.

5. 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.

6. What do Nisus and Euryalus do as they move through Turnus' camp?
(a) They bind their feet up in cloth to move silently.
(b) They slaughter sleeping warriors.
(c) They make note of how many soldiers are there.
(d) They call on Venus to protect them.

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

8. Why does Juno craft a phantom Aeneas and lure Turnus onto a departing boat?
(a) To let another Rutulian have a chance to lead.
(b) To spirit him away to a temple to become a priest for her.
(c) To remove the Rutulian leader so Aeneas' soldiers can win the battle.
(d) To keep him from dying in the fight.

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

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

11. Who appears to Aeneas in a dream to tell him where to find people willing to ally themselves with the Trojans against the Latins?
(a) Tiberinus, the river god of the Tiber.
(b) Anchises, to confirm for Aeneas that he is in the right place.
(c) Venus, to help her son.
(d) Allecto, who hopes to lead him astray.

12. What does Aeneas promise to the Italians if he wins his fight with Turnus?
(a) Having proven his point that he is the greatest, he will leave and found his city elsewhere.
(b) He will make the Italians the slaves of the Trojans.
(c) He will let them continue to rule while the Trojans submit to everything they say.
(d) He will not subjugate the Italians, but rather both kingdoms will unite and live as equals.

13. Who does Venus want to keep safe by removing him or her from the war between the Trojans and Latins?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Ascanius.
(d) Herself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?

4. How does Diomedes know Aeneas?

5. What does Jupiter promise Juno about the Latin folk?

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