The Aeneid

Who is Aeneas' mother?

• Venus

• Juno

• Dido

• Thetis

Why is Italy important in the Aeneid?

• Dido lives there and helps the shipwrecked Trojans

• Aeneas is destined to take the Trojans there and found a new city

• Italy is shaped like a boot

• It's not important

In the Aeneid, Virgil uses prophecies to _____

• warn about the disasters of previous wars

• reveal his own predictions about the future

• foreshadow real events in Roman history

• contradict the Iliad and the Odyssey

According to Jupiter's prophecy in Book I, what will happen?

• Aeneas will successfully lead the Trojans to Italy

• Ascanius, Aeneas' son, will be the next king

• Romulus and Remus, who are descendants of Aeneas, will found Rome

• Rome will conquer many lands and will be incredibly powerful

In Book I, where are Aeneas and his men shipwrecked?

• Greece

• Carthage

• Egypt

• Spain

After the shipwreck at Carthage, Aeneas and his men are welcomed by who?

• King Agamemnon

• Queen Cleopatra

• King Latinus

• Queen Dido

What happens to Dido?

• She becomes a goddess

• She becomes queen of Italy

• She kills herself after Aeneas goes to Italy and leaves her behind

• She dies in her sleep

Who does Aeneas meet in the Underworld?

• His father, Anchises

• Queen Dido

• Deiphobus, Hector's brother

• Homer

In the Underworld, Aeneas' father, Anchises, tells him about ____

• the future glory and accomplishments of Rome

• the fall of Troy

• the story of Persephone and Hades

• Cerberus and the Hydra