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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will not be a descendant of Aeneas' line?
(a) Mars.
(b) Remus.
(c) Ilia.
(d) Romulus.

2. Who dies at the end of Book 3?
(a) Polyphemus.
(b) Anchises.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Achaemenidës.

3. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?
(a) The harsh will of the gods.
(b) the Trojans for letting the Danaans trick them.
(c) Priam for being too proud.
(d) Helen and Paris for running away together.

4. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?
(a) At the ruins of Troy.
(b) In a cave.
(c) At the altar of Juno.
(d) On a boat at sea.

5. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?
(a) They only have enough food to make it that far.
(b) It is their true home, the land from which the forefathers of their people came.
(c) The Greeks will never be able to find and attack them there.
(d) It is Venus' land and she promises it to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?

2. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?

3. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?

4. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?

5. Who will bury Palinurus' body?

(see the answer key)

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