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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Anna thinks Dido should make a match with Aeneas?
(a) Dido should enjoy love and children.
(b) Dido's lands are surrounded by hostile people.
(c) Their brother could find and attack them in the future.
(d) It is Jupiter's will.

2. Who does Venus send to Carthage disguised as Aeneas' son?
(a) Vulcan.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) A huntress.
(d) Her son, Cupid.

3. How does Aeneas transport Anchises out of Troy?
(a) On his back.
(b) In a wheeled cart.
(c) On a stretcher after the Danaans wound him.
(d) By pulling him along by the hand.

4. Why do the Trojan women set fire to the Trojan ships in Book V?
(a) It was a mistake and they actually meant to burn Acestës' ships.
(b) It is a sign of respect and morning.
(c) They are dazzled by signs and portents and want to make their home where they are.
(d) They are afraid Aeneas will leave without them.

5. Why does King Iarbas pray to Jove/Jupiter?
(a) He wants counsel about how best to attack Dido's lands while she is distracted with Aeneas.
(b) He is good friends with Dido and wants Jupiter to protect her new love.
(c) He wants Juno to stop bothering his country.
(d) He is angry that after he gave Dido land for her city, she has taken up with someone else.

6. Why does Juno say Venus has made Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
(a) Because Venus was afraid of and wanted to stop the growing power of Carthage.
(b) Because Venus could not bear to see Dido so unhappy.
(c) Because Venus wanted to cheer her son up.
(d) To keep Dido from falling in love with a Greek.

7. How does Dido know that Aeneas plans to leave?
(a) Rumor tells her.
(b) Juno tells her.
(c) Jupiter tells her.
(d) Aeneas tells her.

8. Of what is Helenus' city a replica?
(a) Italy.
(b) Troy.
(c) Crete.
(d) Sparta.

9. What does Anchises show Aeneas in the underworld?
(a) Scenes of his future descendants in Italy.
(b) Scenes of what his followers are doing at the present moment.
(c) Scenes of what the deities are doing in Olympus.
(d) Scenes from the past history of Troy.

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

11. Which of the following does the Sibyl NOT predict awaits Aeneas where he is going?
(a) The death of Ascanius.
(b) Vicious wars.
(c) Continued harassment from Juno.
(d) Marriage with a foreign bride.

12. On what do the gods take oaths that they fear to break?
(a) The Sibyl.
(b) The river Styx.
(c) Charon's boat.
(d) The golden bough.

13. What reason does Entellus give for why he didn't volunteer immediately to fight Darës?
(a) He didn't want to take the chance to fight Darës away from Acestës.
(b) He no longer believes that fighting is a good thing to do.
(c) He would be embarrased to lose to Darës.
(d) He is getting older and his body is slower than it was.

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

15. How does Aeneas put out the burning Trojan ships after the Trojan women set them on fire?
(a) He must let the fire burn out on its own.
(b) He asks Neptune to cover the ships with tall waves.
(c) He prays to Jupiter and a storm comes.
(d) He calls on Aeolus to blow the fire out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jupiter predict awaits Aeneas in Italy?

2. What does Anchises pray to the gods for?

3. Which of the following is not an excuse Aeneas offers to Dido for why he must leave her?

4. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?

5. What does Aeneas think when he spots Helen while Troy is being destroyed all around them?

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