In Search of a Homeland (Vergil's Aeneid): pp. 16-27

What is the task/destiny/fate of Aeneas?

• to find a new homeland for the Trojan survivors

• to attack Greece to avenge the destruction of Troy

• to die fighting the Greeks in Troy

• to rebuild the fallen city of Troy

Whose temple was located on the island of Delos (since he had been born there)?

• Apollo

• Venus

• Minerva

• Juno

In the temple on the island of Delos, what does the god Apollo say about the destined homeland for the Trojans?

• It is the land of your ancestors!

• Return to Troy!

• Attack the Greeks and take their homes!

• Go where the wind takes you!

From what island was Teucer, an early ancestor of the Trojans?

• Crete

• Delos

• Sicily

• the island of the Harpies

Who told Aeneas to settle in Crete (since Teucer was an early ancestor of the Trojans)?

• Anchises

• Venus

• Iulus

• Helenus

What happened when Aeneas settled the Trojans on the island Crete?

• a plague spread among the Trojans

• a fire burned everything down

• they lived happily ever after since it was their destined homeland

• blood bubbled from the ground

Where was the original home of Dardanus (an early ancestor of the Trojans? Hint: It is the destined homeland of the Trojans!

• Italy

• Greece

• Crete

• Sicily

What did the Harpies do when the Trojans landed on their island?

• stole their food

• sang a sad song

• threw spears at them

• fled in terror

The Harpies are half-women and half-_____.

• birds

• bulls

• dogs

• fish

Celaeno, the queen of the Harpies, predicted that the Trojans would not arrive in Italy until they....

• eat their tables!

• drink their own blood!

• kill one of their children!

• journey to the Underworld!