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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads Aeneas to the golden bough?
(a) The Sibyl.
(b) He finds it on his own.
(c) The ghost of Misenus.
(d) Two doves from Venus.

2. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It becomes theirs forever.
(b) It turns to gold.
(c) It becomes covered in filth.
(d) It disappears.

3. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?
(a) To find and bury his body.
(b) Never to let Achates helm the boat.
(c) To avenge his death.
(d) To do anything to make Iulus a king.

4. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(b) That he left her lands against his will.
(c) That he can bring her back to life now.
(d) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.

5. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To give directions on where to go.
(b) To advise people on what jobs to take.
(c) To guard a special cave entrance.
(d) To tell people what will happen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds his or her way inside the Trojan camp at the end of Book IX and begins to massacre Trojans?

2. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?

3. How does Nisus die?

4. What does Virgil do to prepare to talk about the warfare between the Trojans and the Rutulians?

5. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?

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