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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills Pallas?
(a) Lausus.
(b) Turnus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Camilla.

2. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
(a) That Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.
(b) That there will be a good harvest that year.
(c) That a special stranger will come with a body of men to take Latinus' fortress.
(d) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.

3. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.
(b) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.
(c) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(d) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.

4. After first meeting Dido, what does Aeneas send for from his ships?
(a) For his best toga and shield.
(b) For weapons to surrender them up to Dido's people.
(c) For his son Ascanius and for gifts for Carthage.
(d) For his father Anchises and his medicine.

5. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes from the past history of Troy.
(b) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(c) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.
(d) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Coroebus' idea for how he, Aeneas, and their companions can pass to safety?

2. What problem does Turnus face when he tries to attack the Trojan camp?

3. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?

4. Who does the queen of Latium want her daughter to marry?

5. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

(see the answer key)

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