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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. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?
(a) Paris taking Helen.
(b) The fall of Troy.
(c) Leaving Dido's city.
(d) The death of Anchises.

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

3. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?
(a) They had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(b) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(c) They were visited by Mercury.
(d) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.

4. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
(a) For permission to woo her.
(b) To help them mend their ships or to let them stay in Carthage.
(c) To help them build a shrine to Venus .
(d) For directions to Troy.

5. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.
(b) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(c) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(d) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?

3. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?

4. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?

5. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Juno so angry with the Trojans?

5. What fate does Laocoön meet and why?

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

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

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

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

10. What sorts of souls live under Cretan Rhadamanthus' rule?

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