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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Acestës welcome Aeneas and his followers?
(a) He is secretly plotting against them.
(b) Jupiter commands him to welcome them.
(c) His mother was Trojan.
(d) He empathizes with their sufferings.

2. How does Dido kill herself?
(a) With poison.
(b) With a lion bite.
(c) With a sword.
(d) By drowning.

3. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Crete.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Italy.
(d) Troy.

4. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?
(a) Venus.
(b) Diana.
(c) Juno.
(d) Minerva.

5. Who does Evander plan to use as Aeneas' new army?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The Ithacans.
(c) The Etruscans.
(d) The Rutulians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Venus at first think Juno's idea to have Dido and Aeneas marry and rule Carthage side by side is a bad one?

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

4. What does Aeneas promise to do if the gods grant his wish?

5. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?

(see the answer key)

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