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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. Which of the following is NOT something Vulcan and the Cyclops crafted?
(a) An aegis for Pallas.
(b) A lightning bolt for Jupiter.
(c) A chariot for Mars.
(d) A helmet for Apollo.

2. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?
(a) Because Juno will fight alongside him.
(b) Because Venus will not be allowed to intervene.
(c) Because Jupiter has decreed that he will win.
(d) Because Lavinia promises to help him.

3. Who slays Arruns?
(a) Turnus.
(b) Diana.
(c) Opis.
(d) Phoebus.

4. At the beginning of Book XI, how does Turnus say he wants to settle the conflict?
(a) He wants to continue to fight until every last Trojan is dead.
(b) He wants to meet with the Trojans and write a treaty.
(c) He pretends that he thinks that the Rutulians should surrender.
(d) He wants to meet Aeneas in single combat.

5. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?
(a) The ghost of Euryalus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) The ghost of Nisus.
(d) The sea nymphs that were once his ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the ways Juno suggests Juturna try to save Turnus?

2. What is Iulus' first feat of arms?

3. How does Juturna cause unrest in the ranks of the Rutulians?

4. How does Diomedes know Aeneas?

5. Who does Evander plan to use as Aeneas' new army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Venus use references to the Trojan War when meeting with Jupiter at the beginning of Book X?

3. Under what conditions does Jupiter allow Juno to remove Turnus from the fight?

4. Describe Latinus' actions once he sees his people fighting with the Trojans.

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

6. 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?

7. Examine the advice and prophecy that Faunus gives his son Latinus. Rewrite in your own words what he is saying.

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

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

10. 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?

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