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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nisus surrender to the Rutulians?
(a) He wants to betray Aeneas for money.
(b) He hopes to spy on them for Aeneas.
(c) He wants to save Euryalus.
(d) He is lost in the forest and they are his only hope of finding his way back to his camp.

2. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Crete.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Italy.
(d) Troy.

3. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To tell people what will happen.
(b) To guard a special cave entrance.
(c) To advise people on what jobs to take.
(d) To give directions on where to go.

4. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?
(a) He wants to save her from her fate.
(b) He feels an impulse to kill her to punish her.
(c) He feels pity for her circumstances.
(d) He wants to carry her off and marry her.

5. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?
(a) He was left behind to spy on the Trojans.
(b) He snuck away because he wants to help the Trojans beat the Danaans.
(c) He escaped before the Danaans could sacrifice him in exchange for good winds home.
(d) He has been sent to the Trojans as an ambassador of peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Evander, unaware, is the founder of which of the following?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?

3. What does Venus claim the Trojans would have been better off doing after Troy was destroyed by the Greeks?

4. Who blinded Polyphemus?

5. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?

(see the answer key)

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