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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 the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
(b) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.
(c) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(d) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.

2. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(b) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.
(c) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.
(d) Sickened by a terrible plague.

3. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?
(a) A huge bronze shield.
(b) A leather mask.
(c) A magic cape.
(d) A cloud of mist.

4. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?
(a) Entellus makes Darës fall.
(b) He has the advantage of using heavier gloves.
(c) He knocks him out with one solid blow.
(d) He ducks his punch and Entellus topples over.

5. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(b) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(c) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(d) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?

2. Why did Misenus meet an early death?

3. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

4. How does Aeneas put out the burning Trojan ships after the Trojan women set them on fire?

5. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does talking to Anchises prepare Aeneas to go build a new city for the Trojans in Italy?

2. What fate does Laocoön meet and why?

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

4. Why might the Trojan women have been tempted to set fire to the ships even without Juno and Iris befuddling them?

5. How does Aeneas feel about having to leave Dido and to what extent does he allow his feelings to influence his decision to leave her?

6. Why is Juno so angry with the Trojans?

7. Compare and contrast the Greeks with the Trojans in the affair of the wooden horse.

8. Describe the Harpies.

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

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

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