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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. What does Ilioneus ask for from King Latinus?
2. What does the goddess Circe do to those she enchants?
3. What does Aeneas promise to the Italians if he wins his fight with Turnus?
4. Who appears to Aeneas in a dream to tell him where to find people willing to ally themselves with the Trojans against the Latins?
5. Who kills Pallas?
Short Essay Questions
1. What suggestions are given in this book as to how the conflict can be resolved?
2. Under what conditions does Jupiter allow Juno to remove Turnus from the fight?
3. What does Jupiter mean when he says that to everyone (Trojan or Rutulian), he is the same king?
4. 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?
5. What are some actions that demonstrate the strong friendship between Nisus and Euryalus?
6. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?
7. Did Nisus and Euryalus act wisely when attempting to carry out their mission? Why or why not?
8. What false portent does Juturna send the Rutulians and how do they interpret it?
9. What arguments does Sacës use to persuade Turnus to return to the fight?
10. How has King Latinus' method of dealing with the war changed since Book VII?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the information about the future depicted on the shield of Aeneas with the information about the future told to Aeneas when he travels to the underworld to see Anchises. How are the depictions alike? How are they different? What might these similarities and differences signify?
Essay Topic 2
The Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar asked Virgil to write The Aeneid to celebrate his recent victory at the Battle of Actium, in which Augustus (then called Octavian) and his forces beat Mark Antony and the Egyptian ruler Cleopatra. This victory brought peace to the empire, and Octavian/Augustus worked thereafter to rule well. Looking at details in The Aeneid such as the subject matter depicted at the center of Aeneas' shield and all the references Virgil makes to the Rome of his time, discuss what purpose Virgil's work might have served at the time.
Essay Topic 3
A bildingsroman is a work of art that tells of the development of a character, perhaps telling how the character matures or grows capable of taking on a duty as the process of a journey or a series of trials. Explain why The Aeneid is or is not a bildingsroman by examining how Aeneas does or does not develop over the course of it. Examine issues such as:
1) his capacity as a leader
2) his control over his emotions and temper
3) the wiseness of his judgement
4) his treatment of others.
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