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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. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?
(a) The goddess Allecto attaches a snake to her that poisons her mind.
(b) One of Aeneas' followers tells her the story of how he treated Dido.
(c) The goddess Venus influences her to save Aeneas for another bride.
(d) The goddess Juno threatens her with destruction if she allows the wedding to take place.

2. Who laments that only the head of Euryalus is brought back (on a spear) by the Rutulians?
(a) Euryalus' mother.
(b) Euryalus' sister.
(c) Iulus.
(d) Aeneas.

3. How does Lausus die?
(a) He is killed trying to kill Ascanius.
(b) He is cut down by Pallas.
(c) He takes his father's place in the fight against Aeneas.
(d) He is struck down by the gods for blasphemy.

4. What does Aeneas say will happen to the Trojans if he loses his fight with Turnus?
(a) They will be slaughtered to the last man by Turnus.
(b) They will renew the fight and claim the land that is rightfully theirs.
(c) They will rejoin the rest of the Trojans living with Acestës.
(d) They will go live with Evander and the Arcadians.

5. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?
(a) Scenes of the gods and goddesses seated peacefully in Olympus.
(b) Maps of Latium.
(c) Scenes from the siege of Troy.
(d) The acts that will make his descendants famous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Venus want to keep safe by removing him or her from the war between the Trojans and Latins?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the examples that Venus lists of ways that Juno ignored Jupiter's will and tried to form new destinies for men?

3. What false portent does Juturna send the Rutulians?

4. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?

5. How is Turnus spurred to make war on both King Latinus and the Trojans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Juno send Juturna to interfere with the war?

2. What suggestions are given in this book as to how the conflict can be resolved?

3. Why is it significant that in Latinum, Aeneas and some of his followers eat the wheaten cakes they were using as plates for their meal?

4. What does the use of Iris as a messenger at the end of Book IX tell the reader about the balance of power between the gods?

5. What might Evander mean when he says that it isn't empty-headed superstition that leads them to celebrate?

6. What is the difference between what Arruns prays for and what he actually receives?

7. What false portent does Juturna send the Rutulians and how do they interpret it?

8. How does Jupiter ensure that Aeneas will win the combat with Turnus?

9. Who are the princes referred to in the book title, how do they die, and why might their deaths be particularly significant?

10. Why would Aeneas' shield be covered with the deeds of his descendants?

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