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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Venus.
(c) Juno.
(d) Mercury.
2. How does Nisus try to help his friend Euryalus win first prize in the foot race?
(a) He trips Salius.
(b) He refuses to compete himself.
(c) He discourages others from entering the contest.
(d) He cheers loudly for him.
3. What is the job of the Sibyl?
(a) To advise people on what jobs to take.
(b) To give directions on where to go.
(c) To tell people what will happen.
(d) To guard a special cave entrance.
4. Who does Anchises predict will bring and Age of Gold to Latium?
(a) Silvius.
(b) Caesar Augustus.
(c) Romulus.
(d) Aeneas.
5. What does Creusa's ghost tell Aeneas?
(a) If he will only travel to the underworld, he can bring her back to life.
(b) Though he will try to run, he will never escape the Danaans.
(c) After a long exile, Aeneas will land in Hesperia and rule a new kingdom.
(d) After years of hard work, he will rebuild Troy in the same place as it once was.
6. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?
(a) His men cannot protect her and Carthage adequately.
(b) His fate, oracles, and dreams all tell him he must go found a city.
(c) A messenger from Jupiter commands him to go against his will.
(d) He is not being deceitful because he never entered a pact of marriage with her.
7. Why did Dido's people take on a peaceful mood toward Aeneas' people?
(a) Queen Dido commanded them to welcome all new visitors.
(b) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(c) They had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(d) They were visited by Mercury.
8. What does Neptune say must happen for Aeneas and his followers to have save passage over the seas?
(a) Aeneas must find and give a pair of perfect horses to Neptune.
(b) Aeneas must promise not to go to Italy.
(c) One life must be sacrificed.
(d) Venus must sail with them.
9. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?
(a) To keep his grandson Iulus safe.
(b) To punish Aeneas for not protecting the city better.
(c) For the strength to stand up and run.
(d) To take revenge on the Greeks for sacking Troy.
10. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?
(a) The Danaans set fire to their campsite and let it burn to the ground.
(b) The Danaans surrendered and promised to go.
(c) The Danaans hid their ships behind a nearby island.
(d) The Danaans sent a letter announcing that they were leaving.
11. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?
(a) Death and betrayal.
(b) A massive war followed by the establishment of a new city and a new way of life.
(c) A rematch with the same soldiers that destroyed Troy.
(d) A happy marriage with Queen Dido.
12. How does Darës get Entellus to fall during their boxing match?
(a) He has the advantage of using heavier gloves.
(b) He ducks his punch and Entellus topples over.
(c) He knocks him out with one solid blow.
(d) Entellus makes Darës fall.
13. What tale does Dido want Aeneas to tell?
(a) How Troy fell and how the Trojans traveled to Carthage.
(b) How his parents met and had hims
(c) The story of Eros and Psyche.
(d) What happened to Odysseus during his Odyssey.
14. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?
(a) Aeneas tells her.
(b) Jupiter tells her.
(c) Juno tells her.
(d) Rumor tells her.
15. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?
(a) He wants Juno to stop bothering his country.
(b) He is angry that after he gave Dido land for her city, she has taken up with someone else.
(c) He wants counsel about how best to attack Dido's lands while she is distracted with Aeneas.
(d) He is good friends with Dido and wants Jupiter to protect her new love.
Short Answer Questions
1. What meaning does Anchises say the portent of four white horses can have?
2. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?
3. Where do malefactors live in the underworld?
4. What does Sinon claim is the reason he was left behind?
5. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
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