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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 did Misenus meet an early death?
(a) He pretended he could make music as well as the gods and Triton drowned him.
(b) He went looking for Palinurus under the water and drowned too.
(c) He ate the fruit of the golden bough.
(d) He looked straight into the Sibyl's eyes.

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

3. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes from the past history of Troy.
(b) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(c) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(d) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.

4. What is Aetna?
(a) A huge waterfall.
(b) A large river.
(c) A geyser that sprays from the ground.
(d) A volcano.

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?
(a) A foot race.
(b) Javelin and archery contests.
(c) A chariot race.
(d) A ship race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends Iris to talk to the mourning Trojan women?

2. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?

3. Why do the Trojan women set fire to the Trojan ships in Book V?

4. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?

5. How does Dido kill herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What fate does Laocoön meet and why?

2. What are some instances where Aeneas betrays a hastiness in temperament in Book 2?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. Once Aeneas is definitely leaving, what disagreeable options lay before Dido that make death seem the best choice?

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

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