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

2. What does Venus claim the Trojans would have been better off doing after Troy was destroyed by the Greeks?
(a) Staying with the rest of their people back with Acestës.
(b) Building shrines to her everywhere they traveled.
(c) Rebuilding Troy instead of being pricked by fate to travel to Latium and enter into a new conflict.
(d) Showering King Latinus with shiploads of gifts to win him over before meeting him.

3. What does Jupiter promise Juno about the Latin folk?
(a) They will win the day and turn the Trojans from their land.
(b) They will be allowed to keep their language and way of life.
(c) They will be allowed to leave the land freely.
(d) They will adopt all Trojan customs and ways.

4. How does Arruns kill Camilla?
(a) With a thrown javelin.
(b) In hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Accidentally, with a misplaced axe swing.
(d) He only wounds her.

5. Who kills Pallas?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Camilla.
(c) Turnus.
(d) Lausus.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Juno blame Aeneas in regard to the current conflict?

2. What false portent does Juturna send the Rutulians?

3. What had Jupiter forbidden to happen?

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

5. Who finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What are some actions that demonstrate the strong friendship between Nisus and Euryalus?

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