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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 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.

2. What betrays the presence of Euryalus to the enemy?
(a) The gleam of his helmet in the moonlight.
(b) The noise of the clanking of the booty he has taken from Turnus' camp.
(c) A snapping twig under his feet.
(d) Allecto directing their attention to him.

3. How does Nisus die?
(a) He is struck down by Jupiter.
(b) He is ripped apart while Volcens' men are retrieving the booty he stole from the Rutulian camp.
(c) He is killed by Volcens' men while killing Volcens for killing Euryalus.
(d) He is attacked by the Furies.

4. What does King Latinus propose to give to the Trojans?
(a) Chests of treasure.
(b) Turnus' head on a spear.
(c) The battle of a lifetime.
(d) A region of land to settle or ships in which to depart.

5. What causes the Ausonians to attack the Trojans?
(a) Iulus hunted and shot a deer he didn't know was a favored pet.
(b) A snake startles them and a soldier striking at it causes everyone to start fighting.
(c) Aeneas does not show proper reverence to King Latinus' laurel tree.
(d) Trojan soldiers insult Lavinia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who laments that only the head of Euryalus is brought back (on a spear) by the Rutulians?

2. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?

3. Who appears to Aeneas in a dream to tell him where to find people willing to ally themselves with the Trojans against the Latins?

4. For what purpose does Virgil invoke Erato, the Muse of Desire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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