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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 had Jupiter forbidden to happen?
(a) Lavinia and Aeneas to marry.
(b) Italy and the Trojans to go to war with each other.
(c) The Trojans to hole up in their camp.
(d) Aeneas to ally with the Arcadians.
2. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?
(a) Because Jupiter has decreed that he will win.
(b) Because Juno will fight alongside him.
(c) Because Venus will not be allowed to intervene.
(d) Because Lavinia promises to help him.
3. How is Turnus spurred to make war on both King Latinus and the Trojans?
(a) Vulcan supplies him with weapons that cannot be defeated.
(b) Jupiter visits him and promises to help him defeat them both.
(c) Allecto plants a smoking torch in his body that fills him with a lust for war.
(d) Bacchus intoxicates his mind.
4. For what does Juno blame Aeneas in regard to the current conflict?
(a) She blames him for the unfair advantage of his new armor.
(b) She blames him for leaving camp in charge of Ascanius.
(c) She blames him for trying to abduct Lavinia.
(d) She blames him for relying on Venus' help.
5. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?
(a) King Latinus interferes and stops him.
(b) He is vastly outnumbered by the Trojan fighters.
(c) He can't locate the camp because the Trojans have moved it.
(d) The Trojans hole up in their camp and won't come out.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?
2. Which of the following is not one of the ways Juno suggests Juturna try to save Turnus?
3. Who slays Arruns?
4. With whose funeral does Book VII open?
5. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Examine the advice and prophecy that Faunus gives his son Latinus. Rewrite in your own words what he is saying.
2. What transition occurs around lines 46-47 in Book VII and how does Virgil handle this shift?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What does Jupiter mean when he says that to everyone (Trojan or Rutulian), he is the same king?
6. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?
7. Did Nisus and Euryalus act wisely when attempting to carry out their mission? Why or why not?
8. How might Turnus be turning into a mini-Achilles (as predicted) in Book IX?
9. 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?
10. Describe Latinus' actions once he sees his people fighting with the Trojans.
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