Aeneid

1. Which event is recounted first in Aeneid?

A) the burning of Troy

B) the gift of the horse

C) the storm that destroys the fleet*

D) the meeting of Dido and Aeneas

2. Who is Aeneas’s mother? 

A) Venus*

B) Juno

C) Dido

D) Achate

3. Why does Dido help the Trojans? 

A) She wishes revenge on the Greeks.

B) She understands the experience of exile.*

C) She wants Aeneas to fall in love with her.

D) She plans to trap the Trojans.

4. Why did the Trojans bring the wooden horse into their city? 

A) Sinon convinces them it is a tribute to Minerva, who will be displeased if it is destroyed.*

B) Laocoon distrusts the Greeks in general but believes this specific gift is genuine.

C) The Trojans are too busy with celebrating their victory to suspect the gift is a trap.

D) Aeneas has a dream in which Hector persuades him that the gift is safe.

5. What happened to Aeneas’s wife Creusa? 

A) She refuses to flee with Aeneas and the rest of her family.

B) She is separated from Aeneas and killed trying to leave Troy.*

C) She throws herself overboard Aeneas’s ship.

D) She is one of the first to be befriended by Dido in Carthage.

6. Why do the Trojans leave Thrace? 

A) They are not able to farm there.

B) Aeneas receives a message from Apollo.

C) Anchises convinces Aeneas the place is cursed.*

D) They grow restless and yearn to travel.

7. Where and when does Aeneas recount the story of asking Apollo where to build a new city? 

A) at a feast held by Dido in Carthage*

B) before leaving Thrace for Delos

C) while on Crete after receiving Apollo’s message

D) in Italy, where Aeneas’s ancestors are from

8. What happened to Andromache? 

A) She became an oracle of Apollo and gives Aeneas a prophecy.

B) She fell in love with her Greek captor and had children with him.

C) She killed her Greek captor and returned to the ruins of Troy.

D) She founded a new city after her captor Pyrrhus was killed.*

9. Which of the gods wishes for Dido and Aeneas to rule together? 

A) Juno*

B) Venus

C) Apollo

D) Rumor

10. Why do the Trojans hold an athletic tournament? 

A)  as a tribute to Anchises*

B)  as a way of bringing good luck

C)  to cheer themselves up after leaving Carthage

D)  to strengthen themselves for the journey ahead

11. Who is named the ultimate victor at the games? 

A) Acestes*

B) Aeneas

C) Anchises

D) Dares

12. Who accompanies Aeneas to the Underworld? 

A) Apollo

B) Proserpina

C) Deiphobe*

D) Apollo

13. Who does Aeneas wish to see in the Underworld? 

A) Anchises*

B) Misenus

C) Dido

D) Sychaeus

14. What does Aeneas learn in the Underworld? 

A) where to found his new city

B) the true story of his birth

C) the reasons the Troy was doomed

D) the qualities of future Rome*

15. How does Latinus react to the arrival of the Trojans?

A) He welcomes them as guests.*

B) He greets them with suspicion.

C) He refuses to meet with them.

D) He attacks them with his army.

16. What is Juno’s goal in Book 7? 

A) to change the destiny of Aeneas

B) to delay what is certain to happen*

C) to summon Dido back from the dead

D) to trick Lavinia into hurting Aeneas

17. Who is Allecto? 

A) A Fury summoned by Juno*

B) an ally of Aeneas from Troy

C) the man Lavinia was betrothed to

D) an ally of Latinus in Italy

18. Who becomes an ally to Aeneas in Book 8? 

A) Hercules

B) Saturn

C) Evander*

D) Minerva

19. What is depicted on the shield Venus gives Aeneas? 

A) scenes from Troy’s history Aeneas knows well

B) scenes from Rome’s history Aeneas does not know*

C) battle plans that will lead Aeneas to victory

D) the location of the albino sow

20. How does Turnus parallel the Greeks during the Trojan war? 

A) He feels that his betrothed has been stolen from him.*

B) He plans to use trickery to achieve his aims.

C) He is a fearsome warrior but has a key vulnerability.

D) He longs to return home after being at war for so long.

21. What happens to Nisus and Euryalus? 

A) They have an argument that breaks their bond.

B) They are killed before finding Aeneas and bringing him back.*

C) They agree to be separated for the sake of their cause.

D) They successfully find Aeneas and tell him of Turnus’s assault.

22. Who ultimately tells Aeneas of the attack on his camp? 

A) sea nymphs*

B) Venus

C) Apollo

D) Rumor

23. What happens to Pallas? 

A) He is deceived by Juno.

B) He is killed by Turnus.*

C) He is saved by Aeneas.

D) He is sacrificed by Evander.

24. Which characters do Mezentius and Lausus most parallel? 

A) Dido and Aeneas

B) Pallas and Aeneas

C) Aeneas and Anchises*

D) Nisus and Euryalus

25. What news does Diomedes send to the Latins? 

A) He will join their fight against Aeneas.

B) The Latins should make their peace with Aeneas.*

C) Aeneas has a secret weakness.

D) The Trojans deserve to settle in Italy.

26. To which god is Camilla loyal? 

A) Juno

B) Venus

C) Jupiter

D) Diana*

27. What happens to Arruns after he kills Camilla? 

A) He is hailed as a hero.

B) He is spurned for killing a woman.

C) He is consumed with guilt.

D) He is killed and forgotten.*

28. Why do the Italians break the truce with the Trojans? 

A) Juturna shows them a false omen.*

B) Turnus promises them victory.

C) They fear Aeneas is not a man of his word.

D) Juno has ordered the Fates to intervene.

29. Juno finally relents. What is her one condition? 

A) The Trojans forsake Aeneas as their leader.

B)  Aeneas apologizes to Dido in the Underworld.

C) The Trojans assimilate with the Latins.*

D) Pallas is permitted to come back from the Underworld.