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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. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?
(a) Ilia.
(b) Mars.
(c) Remus.
(d) Romulus.

2. What portent appears relating to Iulus?
(a) A bird that lands on his left shoulder.
(b) A snake that wraps around his ankle.
(c) A tongue of flame on his head.
(d) A cloud of smoke that covers up his face.

3. What reason does Entellus give for why he didn't volunteer immediately to fight Darës?
(a) He didn't want to take the chance to fight Darës away from Acestës.
(b) He would be embarrased to lose to Darës.
(c) He is getting older and his body is slower than it was.
(d) He no longer believes that fighting is a good thing to do.

4. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?
(a) He wants Aeneas to stop praying to him.
(b) He wants Aeneas to do the right thing and marry Dido properly.
(c) For Aeneas to stop being distracted by Dido and her city and go build his own kingdom.
(d) He wants Aeneas to help Dido build Carthage into the finest city in the world.

5. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?
(a) They only have enough food to make it that far.
(b) It is Venus' land and she promises it to them.
(c) It is their true home, the land from which the forefathers of their people came.
(d) The Greeks will never be able to find and attack them there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?

2. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?

3. Why has Dido turned her face against remarriage?

4. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the "marriage" between Dido and Aeneas.

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

4. Which gods and goddesses are actually involved in the fall of Troy and what actions do they take?

5. Explain how Deïphobus died and why his body is mutilated.

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

7. What reversals of fate has Helenus faced?

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

9. Describe the state of construction in Carthage in Book 1.

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

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