1. What is the town that Iulus/Ascanius (son of Aeneas) founded where the line of
Aeneas ruled for centuries until the founding of Rome?
2. In the Aeneid, the god who is most responsible for trying to stop Aeneas is:
3. The first six books of the Aeneid in many was recall what famous Greek work?
(Choose best answer)
4. Which of the following is not a proof that Aeneas has
not yet changed from Trojan Aeneas to Roman Aeneas?
5. The last six books of the Aeneid in many was recall what famous Greek work?
(Choose best answer)
6. The Roman emperor who was a patron of Vergil and whom in some respects Aeneas is
supposed to represent was:
7. Dido is made to fall in love with Aeneas like __________ is made to fall in love
with Jason in the Voyage of the Argo .
8. Aeneas goes to the underworld with the intention of meeting:
7. An intense, nearly insane, and largely selfish passion which brings many characters
to grief in the Aeneid is:
8. Is Dido legitimately married to Aeneas in the Aeneid ?
9. Did Dido think she was married to Aeneas after the episode in the cave?
10. In the Aeneid which god opens the eyes of Aeneas so
he can see the other gods working to destroy Troy?
11. In the Aeneid , when Aeneas comes home ready to abandon Troy, is Anchises
ready and willing to leave?
12. Which of the following adventures taken from the Odyssey or the Voyage
of the Argo does Aeneas not duplicate?
13. According to his speech to Dido, does Aeneas want to leave her?
14. In which of the following ways is Dido not like
Medea?
15. Did Dido die at the time she was fated to die?
16. In the Aeneid , what makes Anchises ready to leave Troy, and seems to
give him a deep understanding and belief in the destiny of his son and grandson?
17. As a prophet of the future, Anchises recalls ________ in the Odyssey.
18. In the underworld, what does Anchises reveal about what Jupiter wills for
Rome?
19. Does the Aeneid show Dido falling short of her duty to Carthage due to her
passion for Aeneas?
20. According to your instructor’s interpretation, which of the following
episodes in the Underworld are particularly important in turning Trojan Aeneas into Roman
Aeneas?
21. In Sicily who tries to burn up Aeneas’ ships?
22. The centerpiece of the Shield of Aeneas is a depiction of:
23. ______ is the evil, deposed Etruscan King who is fighting for Turnus.
24. Does Aeneas really understand what the shield depicts?
25. According to your instructor’s interpretation of the Aeneid , the
obscure wanderings and struggles of Aeneas show that:
26. Does Turnus throw away chances to win due to his egotistical heroism and
thoughtless rage?
27. _______ is the wife of King Latinus, who supports Turnus and does all she can to
prevent the marriage of her daughter with Aeneas.
28. When Aeneas reaches the Evander near the site of Rome, Evander is holding a
festival in honor of ______
29. When Aeneas hears that Pallas has been killed, he seems to go half-crazy,
and commits apparent atrocities. According to your instructor's interpretation, this is
because:
30. Does Aeneas seem, at one point, almost ready to spare the defeated, wounded,
and helpless Turnus?
31. In which of the following ways is Aeneas not like
Heracles?
32. Which of the following episodes of the Iliad is
not , in some way, adapted by the second half of the Aeneid ?
33. What does Turnus strip off the body of Pallas, which will later provoke Aeneas
into killing him?
34. In the Aeneid , does Turnus finally pull himself together, and more-or-less
willingly fights Aeneas?
35. Did Vergil mean for the war between Aeneas and his troops and the Latins to recall
the recent Roman civil wars?
36. The name of the Fury that Juno used to kindle Turnus and start a war between the
Latins and the Trojans was:
37. According to your instructor’s interpretation, what really gets Nisus
and Euryalus killed?
38. According to your instructor’s interpretation, what breaks Aeneas out of the
murderous rage he falls into when he learns Pallas has been killed?
39.The Aeneid ends with Aeneas' execution of Turnus, not the founding of
Rome,without even Aeneas enjoying the peace he has won. According to your instructor's
interpretation, this is because.
40.Which of the following actions of Turnus does not
show that he is avoiding fighting Aeneas, even when he knows he should?
41. Perhaps the most important quality of Aeneas, a devotion to duty and respect
toward the laws and customs of god and men is called
42. Does the Aeneid show Turnus never deluding himself about the rightness of
his cause and the favor of the gods?
43. At the end of the Aeneid, does Juno become reconciled to the future power
of Rome?
44. The rape of _____________ led to a revolt that brought about the expulsion of
Tarquins and the end of kingship at Rome.
45.The people from whom Romulus stole wives for his new Roman citizens were the:
46. How does Romulus get more citizens to fill his new city of Rome?
47. Who finally reconciled the Romans and the Sabines?
48. The rite by which Romulus and Remus decided who would give his name to their new
city involved:
49. Which of the following is one common mythic explanation of why Romulus killed
Remus?
50. Which of the following traced the line of his family back to Iulus? (Give
best Answer)
1. _______ gave his name to the city of Rome.
2. The Roman king who was credited as the first great giver of laws and religious
rituals was:
3. Aeneas is originally from what city in Asia Minor?
4. The mother of Aeneas was:
5. The mother of Romulus and Remus was:
6. The son of Aeneas is called:
7. The father of Romulus and Remus was:
8. The father of Aeneas was:
9. The two sons of Mars that founded Rome were:
10. The wood of Aeneas’ ships is sacred, because it comes from Mt. Ida, which is
associated with the goddess ________, which is why the ships, when threatened by Turnus,
are turned into river nymphs.
11. The Rutilian prince who is Aeneas' most serious enemy in Italy was
12. What magic object must Aeneas fetch for the Sibyl so he can descend to the
Underworld?
13. The town where Aeneas goes to consult the Sibyl is called:
14. Who is the pseudo-Amazon who helps Turnus?
15. Who is the Italic King who engages his daughter to Aeneas?
16. Jupiter sends ________ down to Aeneas at Carthage to remind him of his mission and
destiny.
17. The two men, one younger, one older, who go out at night to
try to reach Aeneas are:
18. The young man who is killed by Turnus as Patroclus is killed by Hector is
19. What god appears to the worried Aeneas and sends him up
river to Evander?
20. The Queen of Carthage who loved Aeneas and who seriously diverted him from
this mission was:
21. What important character in the legend of the overthrow of
the Tarquins influenced one of the leaders of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar, who
may have believed that he was following the example of his ancestor?
22. Dido’s reaction to Aeneas when she sees him in the
underworld is like the reaction of ________, when Odysseus appears to him.
23. Aeneas is wounded in an assassination attempt, just as
________ is wounded in the Iliad
24. The funeral games for Patroclus are like the funeral games for _______ in the Aeneid ?
25. The evil Amulius made the daughter of his brother Numitor (from whom he had stolen
the kingship of Alba Longa,) a _______, so she would (he thought) have no children.
26. The infants Romulus and Remus are discovered and suckled by a:
27. The Roman woman who betrayed Rome to the Sabines, and gave
her name to a place of execution is:
28. The great Italian poet, who, in his greatest work, shows
himself guided through Hell by Vergil, as Aeneas was guided by the Sibyl was :
29. The last king of Rome was:
30. The dying Dido curses Aeneas and demands that an avenger rise from her bones. This
is a myth that explains the series of wars Rome fought with:
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