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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 is Coroebus' idea for how he, Aeneas, and their companions can pass to safety?
(a) They will disguise themselves in Greek armor.
(b) They will escape through a secret tunnel under the city.
(c) They will call on Venus to come save them.
(d) They will hide inside the wooden horse until the Greeks take it back outside.

2. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?
(a) He does not know who they are.
(b) He fought against them in the Trojan War.
(c) He has heard tales of their great feats.
(d) They are fellow Trojans.

3. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They will win the war against the Danaans.
(c) They will win the favor of the god Pallas.
(d) They will face the wrath of the goddess Minerva.

4. 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 his best toga and shield.
(d) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.

5. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?
(a) At the ruins of Troy.
(b) On a boat at sea.
(c) At the altar of Juno.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?

2. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?

3. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?

4. 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?

5. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with Aeneas remaining in Carthage?

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

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

4. Describe the Sibyl.

5. What reversals of fate has Helenus faced?

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

7. What are Neptune's feelings toward Troy and toward Aeneas? How do these feelings affect Aeneas' journey on the sea?

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

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

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

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