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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.
(b) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(c) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.
(d) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.
2. Which of the following is NOT something Helenus advises Aeneas and his followers to do?
(a) To head for the shoreline to the west.
(b) To watch out for Scylla and Charybdis.
(c) To make prayers and sacrifices to Juno.
(d) To look for a sign--a giant white sow nursing a litter of piglets.
3. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(b) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(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. How do the Danaans get inside the walls of Troy?
(a) While the Trojans are busy looking at the horse, the Danaans storm the front gates of Troy.
(b) The Trojans carry the horse inside and Sinon lets the soldiers inside it out.
(c) The Trojans move the horse next to their walls and the soldiers use it as a ladder.
(d) The Danaans are still unable to breach the walls of Troy.
5. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his father Anchises and his medicine.
(b) For his best toga and shield.
(c) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.
(d) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?
2. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
3. What does Jupiter want from Aeneas?
4. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Dido's love for Aeneas?
5. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?
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