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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 Aeneas see depicted on the walls of the temple that the people of Carthage are building?
(a) Portraits of monsters such as the Harpies and the Cyclops.
(b) A map to the underworld.
(c) Scenes of the Trojan War.
(d) Pictures of the gods and goddesses quarreling in Olympus.

2. Who laments that only the head of Euryalus is brought back (on a spear) by the Rutulians?
(a) Iulus.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Euryalus' sister.
(d) Euryalus' mother.

3. Where do Dido and Aeneas become "married"?
(a) At the ruins of Troy.
(b) On a boat at sea.
(c) In a cave.
(d) At the altar of Juno.

4. What does King Latinus propose to give to the Trojans?
(a) The battle of a lifetime.
(b) Turnus' head on a spear.
(c) Chests of treasure.
(d) A region of land to settle or ships in which to depart.

5. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?
(a) Both war and peace.
(b) Both feast and famine.
(c) Both fame and fortune.
(d) Both laughter and tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Aeneas generously grant the Latin petition?

2. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?

3. What omen does everyone witness when Acestës is shooting arrows?

4. What kind of countryman is Achaemenidës?

5. Who calms the ocean so Aeneas and his men can make it safely to land?

(see the answer key)

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