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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the queen of Latium want her daughter to marry?
(a) Jove.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Turnus.
(d) Ascanius.

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

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

4. What does Jupiter tell Hercules is the labor of the brave, since human lifetimes are so short?
(a) To make their fame last through great deeds.
(b) To spend every moment helping the weak.
(c) To die as soon as possible in battle.
(d) To make sacrifices to all the gods.

5. Why are Aeneas and his people supposed to settle in Hesperia?
(a) It is Venus' land and she promises it to them.
(b) The Greeks will never be able to find and attack them there.
(c) It is their true home, the land from which the forefathers of their people came.
(d) They only have enough food to make it that far.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when souls are destined to be reborn in a second body?

2. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?

3. What reason does Latinus give to Turnus for why the Rutulians got involved in bloody wars with the Trojans?

4. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?

5. Who appears in a dream to warn Aeneas to flee Troy?

(see the answer key)

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