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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 Aeneas say is the only reason he came to Italy?

2. How does Arruns kill Camilla?

3. What does Venus claim the Trojans would have been better off doing after Troy was destroyed by the Greeks?

4. What betrays the presence of Euryalus to the enemy?

5. How does Diomedes know Aeneas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might Evander mean when he says that it isn't empty-headed superstition that leads them to celebrate?

2. Why would Aeneas' shield be covered with the deeds of his descendants?

3. Under what conditions does Jupiter allow Juno to remove Turnus from the fight?

4. Did Nisus and Euryalus act wisely when attempting to carry out their mission? Why or why not?

5. What does the use of Iris as a messenger at the end of Book IX tell the reader about the balance of power between the gods?

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

7. What does Evander tell Aeneas about Latin history?

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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