2019 NME: Aeneid Book 6

Whom does Aeneas visit when he arrives in Italy at the town Cumae?

• the sibyl, the priestess of Apollo

• Palinurus, his pilot

• Misenus, his friend

• Ascanius, his son

What will happen when Aeneas arrives at his destined home near the Tiber?

• he will fight and win a war

• he will fight and kill a serpent

• he will marry Dido

• his son Ascanius will die

Why does Aeneas visit the sibyl of Cumae?

• so she can take him to the Underworld to see his father

• so she can cleanse him of the pollution from the death of Dido

• so she can tell him how to cure the illness of his son Ascanius

• so he can thank Apollo for curing the illness of his father Anchises

magic ticket to the Underworld

• the golden bough/branch

• the golden apple

• the blessing of the sibyl

• the sword of Hephaestus

Aeneas needs to bury his crewman Misenus before he can go to the Underworld. How did Misenus die?

• challenged Triton, who killed him for his arrogance

• fell overboard on the way to Italy

• committed suicide

• died of old age

Why does Charon, the boatman of the river Styx, prevent some souls from entering his boat?

• they were not properly buried

• he randomly selects which souls to take onto his boat

• they committed awful crimes while alive

• they did not believe in the Olympian gods

What does Palinurus, Aeneas' pilot who died, request from him?

• to give him a proper burial

• that Aeneas take care of his wife and son

• that Aeneas take care of his father

• to select his friend Misenus to replace him as pilot

Charon was not permitted to take living person onto his boat. Why does he agree to take Aeneas and the sibyl across the river Styx?

• the golden bough/branch

• Aeneas gave him a bunch of gold

• the sibyl threatened to send him to Tartarus

• the gold apple

How do Aeneas and the sibyl safely pass by Cerberus, the 3-headed dog who guards the entrance to the Underworld?

• put him to sleep with drugged treat

• with the magical cloak of invisibility

• Hermes helped them to fly past him

• by singing a sweet song which calmed him

Who does Aeneas see in the Fields of Mourning?

• Dido, who had committed suicide when Aeneas left her

• Palinurus, who was sad that he had fallend overboard

• Creusa, Aeneas' wife who died during the Fall of Troy

• Anchises, his father who was sad that he did not make it to the new Trojan homeland