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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 happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?
(a) Lightning flashes in the sky.
(b) Jupiter's voice thunders above.
(c) Blood flows from the plant.
(d) Fire surrounds his head.

2. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?
(a) In the River Styx.
(b) In the Blessed Groves.
(c) Elysium.
(d) Tartarus.

3. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?
(a) Venus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Laocoön.

4. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?
(a) He is trading stories with the founders of Troy.
(b) He is lamenting his fate.
(c) He is studying the futures and fates of his descendants.
(d) He is resting peacefully.

5. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?
(a) Tenedos.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Laocoön.
(d) Thymoetes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?

2. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?

3. Why has Dido turned her face against remarriage?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?

5. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Priam compare and contrast Achilles and Pyrrhus?

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

3. What message does Anchises give Aeneas in a dream?

4. How will Aeneas start the line that turns into the rulers of the Roman Empire?

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

6. What fate does Laocoön meet and why?

7. Why should Aeneas not have tried to found a city in Thrace?

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

9. Where does Helenus say destiny and change come from?

10. How does Aeneas demonstrate skill as a leader after the Trojans finally make it to shore?

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