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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Helenus say Aeneas should visit for advice?
(a) Charybdis.
(b) Andromache.
(c) Scylla.
(d) The sibyl of Cumae.

3. What hides Aeneas' identity as he travels through Carthage?
(a) A huge bronze shield.
(b) A magic cape.
(c) A cloud of mist.
(d) A leather mask.

4. Who uses his or her powers to keep the Trojans lost at sea?
(a) Vulcan.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.

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

6. Who is the deity in charge of marriage?
(a) Minerva.
(b) Venus.
(c) Juno.
(d) Diana.

7. Who or what does Venus say is the cause of the fall of Troy?
(a) the Trojans for letting the Danaans trick them.
(b) The harsh will of the gods.
(c) Helen and Paris for running away together.
(d) Priam for being too proud.

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

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

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

11. How does Aeneas know Antheus, Sergestus, Cloanthus, and Ilioneus?
(a) He has heard tales of their great feats.
(b) He does not know who they are.
(c) He fought against them in the Trojan War.
(d) They are fellow Trojans.

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

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

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

15. What does Aeneas tell the ghost of Dido?
(a) That he left her lands against his will.
(b) That he can bring her back to life now.
(c) That he needs her help to find his father's ghost.
(d) That she should have waited becauase he was coming back for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns the Trojans not to trust in the wooden horse the Danaans left behind?

2. Which of the following is NOT a type of funeral game?

3. What prize is Nisus given by Aeneas?

4. Where does Anchises think the voice in the temple is telling them to go build their new city?

5. What is the job of the Sibyl?

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