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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. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
(a) Because Venus could not bear to see Dido so unhappy.
(b) Because Venus was afraid of and wanted to stop the growing power of Carthage.
(c) Because Venus wanted to cheer her son up.
(d) To keep Dido from falling in love with a Greek.

2. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?
(a) He snuck away because he wants to help the Trojans beat the Danaans.
(b) He was left behind to spy on the Trojans.
(c) He escaped before the Danaans could sacrifice him in exchange for good winds home.
(d) He has been sent to the Trojans as an ambassador of peace.

3. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
(a) DIdo is burning a dummy figure of Aeneas in revenge.
(b) Dido's pyre is burning.
(c) The gods are shedding light on it to bless it.
(d) Dido has lit all the torches to light him on his journey.

4. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?
(a) He murders Priam's son.
(b) He sets fire to a holy altar.
(c) He claims to be Priam's son.
(d) He takes away Priam's sword.

5. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he left her lands against his will.
(b) That he can bring her back to life now.
(c) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(d) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?

2. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

3. Why does Venus at first think Juno's idea to have Dido and Aeneas marry and rule Carthage side by side is a bad one?

4. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?

5. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anchises explain the process by which souls become reborn?

2. Describe the Sibyl.

3. What does Dido ask her people to do and what does she personally vow to do before she committed suicide?

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

5. What ties Aeneas and his people to the land to which they are headed to settle?

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

7. 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?

8. Why are Dido's suitors so angry when she takes up with Aeneas?

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

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

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