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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. How does Turnus' acceptance of the challenge to fight in single combat make Aeneas feel?
(a) Full of sadness for Iulus' sake that Iulus won't get to fight any longer.
(b) Full of joy because the war will cease.
(c) Full of nervousness that Turnus might win.
(d) Full of anger that Turnus thinks he can actually match Aeneas as a fighter.

2. Who does Venus want to keep safe by removing him or her from the war between the Trojans and Latins?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Ascanius.
(c) Herself.
(d) Lavinia.

3. What false portent does Juturna send the Rutulians?
(a) A crown of flame that encircles Turnus' head.
(b) Flashes of lightning that spell out Turnus' name in the sky.
(c) Jupiter's golden bird chased off by a group of smaller birds working together after it tries to take a swan.
(d) A horde of snakes that drive the Rutulians closer to the Trojans.

4. What does the feast the Arcadians are having celebrate?
(a) When Dardandus left to found Troy.
(b) When the Arcadians defeated the Latins in battle.
(c) When Hercules slew the beast Cacus.
(d) The anniversary of Evander becoming king.

5. What mission do Nisus and Euryalus take on?
(a) They intend to abduct Lavinia and bring her back to the Trojan camp.
(b) They intend to go find Aeneas and tell him about the siege.
(c) They intend to find reinforcements.
(d) They intend to go plead with King Latinus to stop the siege.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which monsters help Vulcan in his forge?

2. What does Aeneas promise to the Italians if he wins his fight with Turnus?

3. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the examples that Venus lists of ways that Juno ignored Jupiter's will and tried to form new destinies for men?

5. What did the god Saturn give the first people in Latinum to start their civilization?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?

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

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