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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.
(c) That there will be a good harvest that year.
(d) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.

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

4. What is one of Juno's arguments for why it was right for her to have helped the Rutulians?
(a) Other gods helped Aeneas by spiriting him to safety and turning his ships into nymphs.
(b) The Rutulians made all the right sacrifices to her.
(c) She is spending an equal amount of time helping Aeneas.
(d) The Rutulians are fated to rule, and she is just helping them fulfill that fate.

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

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 call on Venus to protect them.
(c) They make note of how many soldiers are there.
(d) They slaughter sleeping warriors.

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

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

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

10. What portent announces the arrival of Venus with Aeneas' new armor?
(a) A tongue of fire.
(b) A flock of doves.
(c) Flashing lightning and a thunder crack.
(d) A gentle breeze.

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

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

13. How does Diomedes know Aeneas?
(a) They fought against each other in the Trojan War.
(b) Aeneas tracked him down to punish him for wounding Venus.
(c) Together, they stole the Palladium.
(d) He has heard tales from friends who traveled to Troy.

14. Who is Aeneas told will be willing to fight with him against the Latins?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) King Evander and his Arcadians.
(c) King Latinus and his Latins.
(d) Turnus and his Etruscans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What betrays the presence of Euryalus to the enemy?

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

3. For what purpose does Virgil invoke Erato, the Muse of Desire?

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

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

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