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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Dido's love for Aeneas?

2. Who travels with Aeneas to check out the place where they have landed?

3. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

4. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

5. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once Aeneas is definitely leaving, what disagreeable options lay before Dido that make death seem the best choice?

2. What can you tell about how Aeneas is growing as a leader from his behavior at the funeral games?

3. Why is Juno so angry with the Trojans?

4. Explain how Deïphobus died and why his body is mutilated.

5. What does Jupiter predict will be the destiny of the Trojans?

6. What reversals of fate has Helenus faced?

7. What are Neptune's feelings toward Troy and toward Aeneas? How do these feelings affect Aeneas' journey on the sea?

8. Why should Aeneas not have tried to found a city in Thrace?

9. Why might the Trojan women have been tempted to set fire to the ships even without Juno and Iris befuddling them?

10. How does Aeneas demonstrate skill as a leader after the Trojans finally make it to shore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The proper disposal of the dead is an important issue that runs throughout The Aeneid. Use examples from the work to explain how one should dispose of one's own dead and how one should allow one's enemy to dispose of their dead, and why.

Essay Topic 2

How are the gods and goddesses similar to and different from the human characters? Are they more moral? Wiser? More powerful? Address these questions as part of an essay on what kind of "people" the divine characters are.

Essay Topic 3

Virgil uses foreshadowing for reasons such as to introduce events he will discuss in greater detail later, to create suspense, and to kindle his audience's interest so they will continue to listen to the story. Identify three examples of foreshadowing in this work, explain how they work, and identify what Virgil's purpose might have been for using them.

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