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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the ways Juno suggests Juturna try to save Turnus?
(a) To snatch him back from death.
(b) To get the two sides to break the pact.
(c) To start the war again.
(d) To convince Jupiter to intervene.

2. What do seers say it means when Lavinia's hair glows with divine fire?
(a) That she will die by fire.
(b) That she is destined to become the next Sibyl.
(c) That she will be famous and receive glory, but also bring war on her people.
(d) That she be taken up to Olympus to wed a god.

3. What does Jupiter promise Juno about the Latin folk?
(a) They will win the day and turn the Trojans from their land.
(b) They will be allowed to leave the land freely.
(c) They will adopt all Trojan customs and ways.
(d) They will be allowed to keep their language and way of life.

4. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?
(a) On a stretcher after the Danaans wound him.
(b) By pulling him along by the hand.
(c) On his back.
(d) In a wheeled cart.

5. How does Turnus' acceptance of the challenge to fight in single combat make Aeneas feel?
(a) Full of anger that Turnus thinks he can actually match Aeneas as a fighter.
(b) Full of joy because the war will cease.
(c) Full of sadness for Iulus' sake that Iulus won't get to fight any longer.
(d) Full of nervousness that Turnus might win.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?

3. From whom will Julius Caesar get his name?

4. What does Jupiter tell Hercules is the labor of the brave, since human lifetimes are so short?

5. What does Venus use to convince her husband Vulcan to make armor for Aeneas?

(see the answer key)

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