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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pictures are shown on the shield Venus gives to Aeneas?
(a) Scenes of the gods and goddesses seated peacefully in Olympus.
(b) Scenes from the siege of Troy.
(c) Maps of Latium.
(d) The acts that will make his descendants famous.

2. What does Sinon say will happen if the Trojans violate the wooden horse?
(a) They will win the war against the Danaans.
(b) They will win the favor of the god Pallas.
(c) They will face the wrath of the goddess Minerva.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?
(a) The Etruscans.
(b) Juno.
(c) The Rutulians.
(d) Jupiter.

4. What sign does Aeneas see during the ritual for his father?
(a) A snake.
(b) A flash of lightning.
(c) A tongue of fire.
(d) A cloud.

5. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?
(a) Juno goes herself.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Iris.
(d) Allecto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Entellus give for why he didn't volunteer immediately to fight Darës?

2. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

3. What omen does everyone witness when Acestës is shooting arrows?

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

5. When Dido sees Aeneas' men readying their ships to sail, for what does she plead?

(see the answer key)

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