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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aeneas say will happen to the Trojans if he loses his fight with Turnus?
(a) They will go live with Evander and the Arcadians.
(b) They will renew the fight and claim the land that is rightfully theirs.
(c) They will be slaughtered to the last man by Turnus.
(d) They will rejoin the rest of the Trojans living with Acestës.

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

3. What does King Latinus propose to give to the Trojans?
(a) Turnus' head on a spear.
(b) A region of land to settle or ships in which to depart.
(c) The battle of a lifetime.
(d) Chests of treasure.

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

5. What causes the Ausonians to attack the Trojans?
(a) Aeneas does not show proper reverence to King Latinus' laurel tree.
(b) A snake startles them and a soldier striking at it causes everyone to start fighting.
(c) Trojan soldiers insult Lavinia.
(d) Iulus hunted and shot a deer he didn't know was a favored pet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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 spend every moment helping the weak.
(c) To make sacrifices to all the gods.
(d) To die as soon as possible in battle.

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

15. 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 snatch him back from death.
(c) To convince Jupiter to intervene.
(d) To get the two sides to break the pact.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Vulcan and the Cyclops crafted?

2. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?

3. What does Ilioneus ask for from King Latinus?

4. Who laments that only the head of Euryalus is brought back (on a spear) by the Rutulians?

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

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