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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
(a) To keep Dido from falling in love with a Greek.
(b) Because Venus wanted to cheer her son up.
(c) Because Venus was afraid of and wanted to stop the growing power of Carthage.
(d) Because Venus could not bear to see Dido so unhappy.

2. What is remarkable about the boxing gloves of Eryx?
(a) He left them to his half-brother, Aeneas.
(b) They are unused.
(c) They are heavy and huge.
(d) He had a rule that no one could use them but him.

3. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(b) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(c) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(d) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.

4. For whom does Aeneas return to Troy to search?
(a) His mother, Venus.
(b) His dead king Priam's body.
(c) His sworn enemy, Sinon.
(d) His wife, Creusa.

5. Who does Dido send to plead with Aeneas?
(a) Ascanius.
(b) Anna.
(c) King Iarbas.
(d) Her favorite handmaiden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

2. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?

3. How does Dido kill herself?

4. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?

5. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?

(see the answer key)

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