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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ilioneus ask of Dido?
(a) For permission to woo her.
(b) To help them build a shrine to Venus .
(c) To help them mend their ships or to let them stay in Carthage.
(d) For directions to Troy.

2. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?
(a) The ghost of Nisus.
(b) The sea nymphs that were once his ships.
(c) The ghost of Euryalus.
(d) Jupiter.

3. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?
(a) It becomes covered in filth.
(b) It disappears.
(c) It becomes theirs forever.
(d) It turns to gold.

4. What atrocity does Pyrrhus commit in front of Priam?
(a) He claims to be Priam's son.
(b) He sets fire to a holy altar.
(c) He murders Priam's son.
(d) He takes away Priam's sword.

5. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?
(a) Etruscan.
(b) Sicilian.
(c) Trojan.
(d) Ithacan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What portent announces the arrival of Venus with Aeneas' new armor?

2. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?

3. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?

4. What does Dido tell Aeneas she will do after he leaves?

5. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

(see the answer key)

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