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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 reason does Latinus give to Turnus for why the Rutulians got involved in bloody wars with the Trojans?
(a) Turnus is an unruly hothead.
(b) Latinus went against fate and allowed Lavinia to be promised to Turnus.
(c) Juno meddled in their lives.
(d) The Trojans forced them to defend themselves.

2. How does Diomedes know Aeneas?
(a) Together, they stole the Palladium.
(b) They fought against each other in the Trojan War.
(c) He has heard tales from friends who traveled to Troy.
(d) Aeneas tracked him down to punish him for wounding Venus.

3. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?
(a) The Rutulians.
(b) Juno.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) The Etruscans.

4. What is one of Juno's arguments for why it was right for her to have helped the Rutulians?
(a) She is spending an equal amount of time helping Aeneas.
(b) Other gods helped Aeneas by spiriting him to safety and turning his ships into nymphs.
(c) The Rutulians are fated to rule, and she is just helping them fulfill that fate.
(d) The Rutulians made all the right sacrifices to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Pallas?

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

3. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?

4. How does Turnus' acceptance of the challenge to fight in single combat make Aeneas feel?

5. What mission do Nisus and Euryalus take on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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