Higher Latin: Virgil Extract 14

Who does Aeneas meet in the Underworld?

• Helen

• Dido

• Zeus

• Achilles

What was Dido's condition when Aeneas found her?

• Her wound was still raw

• She was rejoicing

• Her wound was healed

• She was preparing to leave the Underworld

How did Aeneas feel when he saw Dido?

• Angry

• Indifferent

• He wept

• Joyful

What did Aeneas compare his sighting of Dido to?

• The sun setting

• A star falling

• The moon rising through the clouds

• A flower blooming

What was the cause of Dido's death according to Aeneas?

• Old age

• Illness

• A sword

• Poison

Why did Aeneas leave Dido's shores?

• He found a new love

• He was bored

• He was banished

• The commands of the gods

What did Aeneas swear by to prove his sincerity?

• The sea and the land

• His ancestors

• His honor as a warrior

• The stars and the gods of heaven

What did Aeneas ask Dido to do?

• Stay a moment

• Forgive him

• Return with him

• Guide him through the Underworld

What was Aeneas unable to believe?

• That he was in the Underworld

• That Dido still loved him

• That Dido was in the Underworld

• That his leaving could have brought Dido so much grief

What was Aeneas's final plea to Dido?

• To forgive the Trojans

• To come back to life

• To not withdraw from his sight

• To stop weeping