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WorksheetsThe Foundations of Rome
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which hero of the Trojan War escaped to Italy after the destruction of Troy?
a)
Hector
b)
Agamemnon
c)
Menelaus
d)
Aeneas
2.
Which of the following heroes fought for Troy in the Trojan War?
a)
Hector
b)
Odysseus
c)
Agamemnon
d)
Ajax
3.
What epic poem describes the hero's journey from Troy to Italy?
a)
The Iliad
b)
The Odyssey
c)
The Aeneid
d)
The Metamorphoses
4.
Who wrote The Aeneid?
a)
Homer
b)
Vergil
c)
Ovid
d)
Juvenal
5.
Who told Aeneas to leave Troy?
a)
His Mom
b)
King Priam
c)
Hector
d)
Jupiter
6.
Who was the mother of Aeneas?
a)
Dido
b)
Venus
c)
Helen
d)
Cassandra
7.
Who did NOT accompany Aeneas on his journey from Troy?
a)
His father Anchises
b)
His son Ascanius
c)
The household gods
d)
His wife Creusa
8.
Who was the Carthaginian queen with whom Aeneas had a love affair?
a)
Helen
b)
Dido
c)
Cassandra
d)
Andromache
9.
Where was the ancient city of Carthage located?
a)
Northern Africa
b)
Sicily
c)
Asia Minor
d)
The Iberian Peninsula
10.
Who was the king of Latium, a region along the western coast of Italy?
a)
Lavinia
b)
Henricus
c)
Latinus
d)
Remus
11.
Whom did Aeneas marry to unite himself with the Latins?
a)
Dido, the lovesick Carthaginian.
b)
Creusa, his dead wife.
c)
Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.
d)
Lavinia, the daughter of the Latin king.
12.
What city did Aeneas' son Ascanius found after his father's death?
a)
Rome
b)
Pompeii
c)
Alba Longa
d)
Brundisium
13.
What famous Roman traced his lineage back to Aeneas, based on his family name?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Pompey
c)
Marc Antony
d)
Cicero
14.
What god was the father of Romulus and Remus?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Apollo
c)
Mars
d)
Vulcan
15.
Who was the first king of Rome?
a)
Remus
b)
Rex Primo
c)
Romulus
d)
Hercules
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