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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. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?

2. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?

3. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

4. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?

5. What happens every time Aeneas tries to tear a branch from a tree in Thrace to construct a roof for the altar of his new colony?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Priam compare and contrast Achilles and Pyrrhus?

2. Which gods and goddesses are actually involved in the fall of Troy and what actions do they take?

3. Where does Helenus say destiny and change come from?

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

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

6. Why are Dido's suitors so angry when she takes up with Aeneas?

7. How does Aeneas feel about having to leave Dido and to what extent does he allow his feelings to influence his decision to leave her?

8. How does Aeneas make sure that people notice his son Iulus?

9. What are some instances where Aeneas betrays a hastiness in temperament in Book 2?

10. What fate does Laocoön meet and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following and compare and contrast their subject matter and what the information they depict conveys to someone examining them:

1) the pictures on the walls of the temple of Juno in Carthage in Book I

2) the pictures on the cloak Aeneas gives Cloanthus as a prize in Book V

3) the sculptures Daedalus created inside the temple of Apollo by the Sibyl in Book VI

4) the pictures on Aeneas's shield in Book VIII

5) the pictures on Pallas's sword belt in Book X.

Essay Topic 3

Similes and other detailed descriptions help the reader picture and understand things about the settings, characters, and events of this work. Identify an example of a simile being used to describe each of these three things and explain how it is used, what effect it has, and why Virgil might have used that particular simile in that particular place.

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