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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the soothsayer say it means when bees cluster together and weigh down the branch of King Latinus' laurel tree?
(a) That Latinus and his subjects must band together against strangers.
(b) That there will be a good harvest that year.
(c) That the tree must be cut down or Latium will fall.
(d) That a special stranger will come with a body of men to take Latinus' fortress.

3. What does Virgil do to prepare to talk about the warfare between the Trojans and the Rutulians?
(a) Chastizes Allecto for helping Juno start this war.
(b) Provides the reader with information about the ancestries of the major warriors.
(c) Blames Juno for the upcoming bloodshed.
(d) Calls on the Muse Calliope for help.

4. To whom is Camilla compared to as she fights?
(a) An Amazon.
(b) A Fury.
(c) A Harpy.
(d) Circe.

5. Why does Aeneas lose his temper and kill Turnus instead of showing mercy?
(a) Jupiter commands him to do so.
(b) He sees Turnus wearing Pallas' swordbelt.
(c) Allecto plants anger in his heart.
(d) He knows he will never have peace as long as Turnus lives.

6. Which of the following is NOT something Vulcan and the Cyclops crafted?
(a) A lightning bolt for Jupiter.
(b) A helmet for Apollo.
(c) A chariot for Mars.
(d) An aegis for Pallas.

7. What does Drancës call on Turnus to do?
(a) Surrender himself as Aeneas' prisoner.
(b) Go into exile.
(c) Relinquish his claim to Lavinia and meet Aeneas in single combat.
(d) Pay Lavinia's ransom.

8. Who is sent by Juno to Turnus at the beginning of Book IX to tell him now is the time to attack the Trojans?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Juno goes herself.
(c) Allecto.
(d) Iris.

9. What false portent does Juturna send the Rutulians?
(a) Flashes of lightning that spell out Turnus' name in the sky.
(b) A crown of flame that encircles Turnus' head.
(c) Jupiter's golden bird chased off by a group of smaller birds working together after it tries to take a swan.
(d) A horde of snakes that drive the Rutulians closer to the Trojans.

10. How does King Latinus welcome the Trojans to Latinum?
(a) Angrily, because the queen is forcing him to be polite to them.
(b) Gladly, because he wants Aeneas to marry his daughter.
(c) Sadly, because he knows their coming fortells his death.
(d) Duplicitously, because he plans to murder them and take their treasure and ships.

11. What does Aeneas say will happen to the Trojans if he loses his fight with Turnus?
(a) They will be slaughtered to the last man by Turnus.
(b) They will renew the fight and claim the land that is rightfully theirs.
(c) They will rejoin the rest of the Trojans living with Acestës.
(d) They will go live with Evander and the Arcadians.

12. What portent announces the arrival of Venus with Aeneas' new armor?
(a) Flashing lightning and a thunder crack.
(b) A flock of doves.
(c) A tongue of fire.
(d) A gentle breeze.

13. Who does Aeneas convince to pledge to fight with him?
(a) Juno.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) The Etruscans.
(d) The Rutulians.

14. Who is Aeneas told will be willing to fight with him against the Latins?
(a) King Evander and his Arcadians.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) King Latinus and his Latins.
(d) Turnus and his Etruscans.

15. Who does Venus want to keep safe by removing him or her from the war between the Trojans and Latins?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Ascanius.
(c) Herself.
(d) Aeneas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Iulus' first feat of arms?

2. Why does Juno craft a phantom Aeneas and lure Turnus onto a departing boat?

3. Who tells Aeneas that Ascanius and the Trojans are under siege?

4. Why does Turnus think he can beat Aeneas in single combat?

5. How does Arruns kill Camilla?

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