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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lausus die?
(a) He is struck down by the gods for blasphemy.
(b) He is killed trying to kill Ascanius.
(c) He takes his father's place in the fight against Aeneas.
(d) He is cut down by Pallas.

2. Why does Aeneas lose his temper and kill Turnus instead of showing mercy?
(a) Jupiter commands him to do so.
(b) He sees Turnus wearing Pallas' swordbelt.
(c) He knows he will never have peace as long as Turnus lives.
(d) Allecto plants anger in his heart.

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

4. 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 die as soon as possible in battle.
(c) To make their fame last through great deeds.
(d) To make sacrifices to all the gods.

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The Etruscans.
(c) The Rutulians.
(d) Juno.

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

11. How is Aeneas healed in Book XII after war breaks out again and he is injured?
(a) Lavinia tends to his wound.
(b) Iapyx heals him without any divine assistance.
(c) Jupiter sends Apollo to heal him.
(d) Venus slips dittany into Iapyx's medicines.

12. 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 abduct Lavinia and bring her back to the Trojan camp.
(d) They intend to find reinforcements.

13. What does Venus use to convince her husband Vulcan to make armor for Aeneas?
(a) Threats of Jupiter's anger.
(b) Tears.
(c) The flame of love.
(d) Cool reason.

14. 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 leaving camp in charge of Ascanius.
(c) She blames him for relying on Venus' help.
(d) She blames him for trying to abduct Lavinia.

15. 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 retell the history of the early kings of Latium.
(d) To help him describe the goddess Circe.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Juturna cause unrest in the ranks of the Rutulians?

4. Which monsters help Vulcan in his forge?

5. With whose funeral does Book VII open?

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