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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Juturna cause unrest in the ranks of the Rutulians?
(a) Disguised as Juno, she exorts them to fight like men.
(b) Disguised as Camers, she encourages them to think that they outnumber the Trojans and that they must fight to keep from being enslaved.
(c) Disguised as Turnus, she orders them to attack Aeneas once he is on his own.
(d) Disguised as Lavinia, she pleads with them to fight to save her from Aeneas.

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

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

5. What does the goddess Circe do to those she enchants?
(a) She leads them to the underworld.
(b) She turns them into beasts.
(c) She makes them immortal.
(d) She sings to lure them into the water, where they drown.

6. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?
(a) When Hercules slew the beast Cacus.
(b) When the Arcadians defeated the Latins in battle.
(c) When Dardandus left to found Troy.
(d) The anniversary of Evander becoming king.

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

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

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

10. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?
(a) The sea nymphs that were once his ships.
(b) The ghost of Nisus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) The ghost of Euryalus.

11. How does Nisus die?
(a) He is killed by Volcens' men while killing Volcens for killing Euryalus.
(b) He is struck down by Jupiter.
(c) He is ripped apart while Volcens' men are retrieving the booty he stole from the Rutulian camp.
(d) He is attacked by the Furies.

12. What mission do Nisus and Euryalus take on?
(a) They intend to find reinforcements.
(b) They intend to go plead with King Latinus to stop the siege.
(c) They intend to abduct Lavinia and bring her back to the Trojan camp.
(d) They intend to go find Aeneas and tell him about the siege.

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

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

15. Who does Evander plan to use as Aeneas' new army?
(a) The Etruscans.
(b) The Rutulians.
(c) The Spartans.
(d) The Ithacans.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which goddess is Camilla dedicated?

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

3. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?

4. What happens to the Trojans' ships when Turnus tries to burn them?

5. What had Jupiter forbidden to happen?

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