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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palinurus' ghost ask Aeneas to do when he returns to the world?
(a) Never to let Achates helm the boat.
(b) To find and bury his body.
(c) To avenge his death.
(d) To do anything to make Iulus a king.

2. 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 had heard great things about the Trojans from the Greeks.
(c) They were well known for always welcoming new people.
(d) They were visited by Mercury.

3. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?
(a) He wants to carry her off and marry her.
(b) He feels pity for her circumstances.
(c) He feels an impulse to kill her to punish her.
(d) He wants to save her from her fate.

4. What danger do Aeneas and his men face by Aetna?
(a) Another flock of Harpies.
(b) A herd of Cyclops.
(c) The wrath of Juno.
(d) A group of sirens.

5. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?
(a) Javelin and archery contests.
(b) A ship race.
(c) A foot race.
(d) A chariot race.

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

7. How does Anchises act when Aeneas first comes to help him escape?
(a) He berates Aeneas for not coming to get him sooner.
(b) He is crying too hard to get any words out.
(c) He is sleeping too soundly to be awakened.
(d) He urges the others to escape and leave him behind.

8. Why did the Trojans think the Danaans had left?
(a) The Danaans hid their ships behind a nearby island.
(b) The Danaans sent a letter announcing that they were leaving.
(c) The Danaans set fire to their campsite and let it burn to the ground.
(d) The Danaans surrendered and promised to go.

9. How is Anchises spending his time in the underworld?
(a) He is lamenting his fate.
(b) He is trading stories with the founders of Troy.
(c) He is studying the futures and fates of his descendants.
(d) He is resting peacefully.

10. What portent appears relating to Iulus?
(a) A tongue of flame on his head.
(b) A bird that lands on his left shoulder.
(c) A snake that wraps around his ankle.
(d) A cloud of smoke that covers up his face.

11. What does the plague that descends on the new city Aeneas founds at Pergamum tell the settlers?
(a) That the gods wish to make the city stronger by weeding out the weak.
(b) That the settlers must practice better hygiene.
(c) That they are being punished for not defending Troy better.
(d) That this is the wrong coast to settle and that they should leave for other lands.

12. What action does the goddess Rumor take after Dido and Aeneas begin to revel in each others' company?
(a) She tells the world of their love to encourage everyone to celebrate their union.
(b) She spreads whispers and gossip to make Dido's other suitors angry and jealous.
(c) She tattles to Juno about what they have done.
(d) She travels from country to country telling people that it isn't true that they are together.

13. At the beginning of Book V, why is the city behind Aeneas' departing ships bright?
(a) The gods are shedding light on it to bless it.
(b) Dido's pyre is burning.
(c) Dido has lit all the torches to light him on his journey.
(d) DIdo is burning a dummy figure of Aeneas in revenge.

14. How did Polydorus die?
(a) Attacked and smothered by plants.
(b) Killed in a battle during the siege of Troy.
(c) Sickened by a terrible plague.
(d) Murdered by his host, the Thracian king, for the gold he held.

15. What does Neptune say must happen for Aeneas and his followers to have save passage over the seas?
(a) Aeneas must promise not to go to Italy.
(b) One life must be sacrificed.
(c) Venus must sail with them.
(d) Aeneas must find and give a pair of perfect horses to Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to everything the Harpies touch?

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

3. Whom does Jupiter send to talk to Aeneas?

4. What reason does Entellus give for why he didn't volunteer immediately to fight Darës?

5. Who dies at the end of Book 3?

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