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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 happens when souls are destined to be reborn in a second body?
(a) They must sneak past Charon.
(b) They must petition the kind of the underworld to be reborn.
(c) They must craft new bodies for themselves.
(d) They must drink from the water of Lethe to forget their memories.

2. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?
(a) He refuses to compete himself.
(b) He discourages others from entering the contest.
(c) He cheers loudly for him.
(d) He trips Salius.

3. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Laocoön.
(c) Thymoetes.
(d) Tenedos.

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

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.
(b) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(c) Death and betrayal.
(d) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?

2. What omen does everyone witness when Acestës is shooting arrows?

3. What portent appears relating to Iulus?

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

5. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What fate does Laocoön meet and why?

9. Why is Juno so angry with the Trojans?

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

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