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The Aeneid Quiz 1
1.
Why is Juno angry at the Trojans?
Because Anchises wronged her
Because she's evil
Because she's a patron of Aeneas's enemy
Because Paris didn't pronounce her the "fairest"
2.
How is Anchises finally convinced to flee Troy?
He sees omens that indicate that he should leave
The troops threaten Aeneas's wife, Creusa
He is wounded and needs treatment
Aeneas is struck with an arrow
3.
In Book I, why does Neptune become angry at Aeolus?
Because he's in a bad temper over a fight with Jupiter
Because Aeolus woos Neptune's wife, Venus
Because Aeolus stirs up the waves, which are Neptune's territory
Because Aeolus sends two nymphs to taunt Neptune
4.
What are the names of the twin brothers, suckled at the breast of a wolf, who become the founders of Rome?
Hercules and Evander
Romulus and Remus
Nisus and Euryalus
Ascanius and Pallas
5.
How does Venus make Dido fall in love with Aeneas?
She sends Anna with a love potion
She makes Aeneas unbearably handsome
She appears to Dido in Aeneas's form and says he loves her
She sends Cupid, in the guise of Ascanius
6.
Why does Juno want Dido and Aeneas to marry?
Because it will anger Venus, Juno's enemy
To keep Dido away from Juno's husband, Jupiter
Because she thinks the wedding would be a great party
Because then Aeneas's great city will be in Carthage
7.
Why did Dido flee Phoenicia to found a new city, Carthage?
Because Juno sent an omen telling her to do so
Because her brother killed her husband, Sychaeus
Because she no longer loved her husband, Sychaeus
To escape Mezentius's oppressive rule
8.
How does Aeneas resolve the footrace in Drepanum?
He gives only Salius a prize
He gives everyone prizes
He gives only Euryalus a prize
He gives only Nisus a prize
9.
How does Creusa convince Aeneas to flee Troy?
She threatens him with violence
She sends Hector to plead with him
She tells him that he will be killed if he does not leave
She tells him he must fulfill his destiny to found a city and take a royal bride
10.
How does the story that Aeneas tells Dido end?
With Anichses' death
With Celeano's curse
With Creusa's death
With Palinurus's death
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