Founding of Rome

From which ancient people do the Romans claim descent?

• Trojans
• Athenians
• Spartans
• Phonecians

The Trojan youth Paris judged a beauty contest between which three goddesses?

• Venus
• Minerva
• Juno
• Diana
• Vesta

What was Paris's prize from the winning goddess?

• the most beautiful woman in the world
• rule of Europe and Asia
• great military strength
• the ability to turn anything he touched into gold

For how long did the Trojan war last?

• 3 years
• 7 years
• 10 years
• 20 years

Whose idea was it to build the Trojan horse?

• Ulysses
• Phoenix
• Achilles
• Ajax

Who escaped Troy as it was falling?

• Aeneas
• Hector
• Priam
• Astyanax

Aeanas brought all of the following with him on his ship EXCEPT __________.

• his wife Creusa
• his father Anchises
• his son Ascanius
• his household gods

Where in Africa did Aeneas land after the storm?

• Carthage
• Egypt
• Nubia
• Ethiopia

Who fell in love with Aeneas, but then cursed him when he abandoned her to find his new home in Italy?

• Dido
• Lavinia
• Juturna
• Venus

Who is the mother of Aeneas?

• Venus
• Juno
• Ceres
• Minerva