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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. For what purpose does Virgil invoke Erato, the Muse of Desire?
(a) To help him woo the goddess Venus.
(b) To help him retell the history of the early kings of Latium.
(c) To help him talk about how Aeneas still mourned for Dido.
(d) To help him describe the goddess Circe.

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

3. Why do the Trojans and the Latins call a twelve-day truce?
(a) So they can prepare for the wedding of Lavinia and Aeneas.
(b) So they can bury their dead properly.
(c) Because the gods demand it.
(d) Because a plague has broken out on both sides.

4. What causes the Ausonians to attack the Trojans?
(a) Trojan soldiers insult Lavinia.
(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) Iulus hunted and shot a deer he didn't know was a favored pet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Queen Amata turned thoroughly against the idea of Aeneas marrying her daughter Lavinia?

2. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?

3. What is one of Juno's arguments for why it was right for her to have helped the Rutulians?

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

5. Who fills Tarchon with anger so that he will fight and lead his warriors better?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How might Turnus be turning into a mini-Achilles (as predicted) in Book IX?

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

10. How has King Latinus' method of dealing with the war changed since Book VII?

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