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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What curse does Celaeno lay on the Trojans?
(a) That they will wander the sea forever without finding a new place to settle.
(b) That the Trojans will never build their new city until they have experienced famine.
(c) That they will be turned into Harpies as well.
(d) That they will be shipwrecked every time they try to set sail.

2. What happens when souls are destined to be reborn in a second body?
(a) They must petition the kind of the underworld to be reborn.
(b) They must craft new bodies for themselves.
(c) They must drink from the water of Lethe to forget their memories.
(d) They must sneak past Charon.

3. What do Nisus and Euryalus do as they move through Turnus' camp?
(a) They slaughter sleeping warriors.
(b) They call on Venus to protect them.
(c) They make note of how many soldiers are there.
(d) They bind their feet up in cloth to move silently.

4. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?
(a) Caesar Augustus.
(b) Romulus.
(c) Aeneas.
(d) Silvius.

5. Why did Misenus meet an early death?
(a) He went looking for Palinurus under the water and drowned too.
(b) He looked straight into the Sibyl's eyes.
(c) He ate the fruit of the golden bough.
(d) He pretended he could make music as well as the gods and Triton drowned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?

2. Who blinded Polyphemus?

3. How does Nisus die?

4. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?

5. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?

(see the answer key)

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