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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?
(a) Portraits of monsters such as the Harpies and the Cyclops.
(b) Pictures of the gods and goddesses quarreling in Olympus.
(c) Scenes of the Trojan War.
(d) A map to the underworld.
2. What is remarkable about the boxing gloves of Eryx?
(a) They are heavy and huge.
(b) He had a rule that no one could use them but him.
(c) He left them to his half-brother, Aeneas.
(d) They are unused.
3. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Juno.
(c) Vulcan.
(d) Venus.
4. Why is Aeneas' appearance a surprise to Dido and the crowd?
(a) He appears accompanied by the goddess Venus.
(b) He appears out of a thinning cloud as if from thin air.
(c) He appears wearing women's garb as a disguise.
(d) He appears swearing vengeance on them all.
5. Who sends Iris to talk to the mourning Trojan women?
(a) Dido's ghost.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Juno.
(d) Jupiter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
2. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?
3. Who does the queen of Latium want her daughter to marry?
4. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?
5. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?
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