Aeneid Book 2

Laocoon is a

• Trojan priest of Neptune who warns against the horse

• Trojan soldier who fights with Aeneas

• Greek soldier in the horse who is hit by the spear

• Greek soldier who kills King Priam

What story does Aeneas begin telling Dido in Book II?

• The saga of Romulus and Remus

• The tale of the fall of Troy

• The legend of the labors of Hercules

• The epic of Odysseus' journeys

Book 2 is a flashback

• true

• false

Why did the Trojans bring the horse into their city?

• To burn the wood in their fireplaces

• They wish to honor Minerva and be blessed by her

• To atone for Laocoon's sin

• They're afraid of the Greeks having a successful journey home

Who is Sinon, really?

• Carthaginian slave

• Greek spy

• Greek prisoner

• Trojan prince

Why did Sinon say he had left the Achaean camp?

• the Achaeans were starving for lack of provisions

• he was going to be sacrificed to gain the return of the Achaeans to Greece

• he thought the Achaeans were going to lose and he wanted to join the Trojan army

• he had accidentally killed a man and had been exiled from the camp

How does Sinon play a role in the war's outcome?

• He helps the Trojans flee the flaming city.

• He earns the Trojans' trust only to let the Greeks inside Troy to destroy the city.

• He tells the Trojans not to trust the Greeks.

• He helps the Greeks escape the Trojans' wrath.

Who warns Aeneas in a dream to flee Troy?

• Hector

• Priam

• Paris

• Anchises

Who does Aeneas see hiding as he is at Priam's palace and in a fit of rage wants dead?

• His mother

• Achilles

• Helen

• Creusa

Who stops Aeneas from killing Helen?

• Achilles

• Sinon

• Venus

• Jupiter