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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 finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?
(a) Juno.
(b) Turnus.
(c) Allecto.
(d) Iris.

2. How does Arruns kill Camilla?
(a) With a thrown javelin.
(b) In hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Accidentally, with a misplaced axe swing.
(d) He only wounds her.

3. Who fills Tarchon with anger so that he will fight and lead his warriors better?
(a) Mars.
(b) Phoebus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Jupiter.

4. What does the goddess Circe do to those she enchants?
(a) She makes them immortal.
(b) She sings to lure them into the water, where they drown.
(c) She leads them to the underworld.
(d) She turns them into beasts.

5. What happens to the Trojans' ships when Turnus tries to burn them?
(a) They go up in ashes, trapping the Trojans in Italy.
(b) At the command of the mother of the gods, Jupiter turns the ships into sea-goddesses and sets them free.
(c) They are hidden from view in mist by Venus.
(d) At the request of Venus, Jupiter causes it to rain and put the fire out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?

2. How does Diomedes know Aeneas?

3. What does King Latinus propose to give to the Trojans?

4. 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?

5. What had Jupiter forbidden to happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jupiter become involved with the war in Book XI, and does this seem fair after he said before in Book X about being the same king to both Trojans and Rutulians?

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

4. Did Nisus and Euryalus act wisely when attempting to carry out their mission? Why or why not?

5. What does Jupiter mean when he says that to everyone (Trojan or Rutulian), he is the same king?

6. What transition occurs around lines 46-47 in Book VII and how does Virgil handle this shift?

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

8. What does Evander mean when he tells Aeneas that Aeneas must have the courage to shape himself to fit through the low doorway into Evander's humble home, besides the literal fact that Aeneas is too tall to walk through the doorway without stooping a bit?

9. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?

10. What arguments does Sacës use to persuade Turnus to return to the fight?

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