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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?
(a) Scenes of the Trojan War.
(b) Portraits of monsters such as the Harpies and the Cyclops.
(c) Pictures of the gods and goddesses quarreling in Olympus.
(d) A map to the underworld.

2. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.
(b) For his father Anchises and his medicine.
(c) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.
(d) For his best toga and shield.

3. How does Aeneas put out the burning Trojan ships after the Trojan women set them on fire?
(a) He must let the fire burn out on its own.
(b) He asks Neptune to cover the ships with tall waves.
(c) He calls on Aeolus to blow the fire out.
(d) He prays to Jupiter and a storm comes.

4. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?
(a) Leaving Dido's city.
(b) Paris taking Helen.
(c) The fall of Troy.
(d) The death of Anchises.

5. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(b) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(c) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.
(d) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?

2. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?

3. Who travels with Aeneas to check out the place where they have landed?

4. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What instances in Book V reveal how the Trojans feel about burying their dead?

2. Describe the Harpies.

3. How does Aeneas fare as a leader in Book III? Support your answer with examples from the text.

4. What are some ways the characters in Book 2 are affected by fate?

5. What can you tell about how Aeneas is growing as a leader from his behavior at the funeral games?

6. Why is Juno so angry with the Trojans?

7. Describe how Venus acts as a mother toward Aeneas.

8. What does Jupiter predict will be the destiny of the Trojans?

9. What reversals of fate has Helenus faced?

10. Explain how Deïphobus died and why his body is mutilated.

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