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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prize is Nisus given by Aeneas?
(a) A vial of precious oil.
(b) A new boat.
(c) sturdy shoes.
(d) A shield.

2. Why does Palinurus fall overboard?
(a) Somnus puts him to sleep and shoves him into the water.
(b) He is drunk while on duty.
(c) The boat lurches unexpectedly during a storm sent by Jupiter.
(d) He trips over Ascanius and falls.

3. 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?
(a) Jupiter's voice thunders above.
(b) Lightning flashes in the sky.
(c) Blood flows from the plant.
(d) Fire surrounds his head.

4. Which monsters help Vulcan in his forge?
(a) Furies.
(b) Cyclopses.
(c) Scylla and Charybdis.
(d) Harpies.

5. When Aeneas and the Trojans land in Sicily at the beginning of Book V, a year has passed since which important event?
(a) The fall of Troy.
(b) The death of Anchises.
(c) Leaving Dido's city.
(d) Paris taking Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

2. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?

3. What is remarkable about the boxing gloves of Eryx?

4. What does Aeneas ask the gods through the Sibyl?

5. Who sends Iris to talk to the mourning Trojan women?

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