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WorksheetsAeneid Review - Book I and II
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Whom does Vergil ask for help when writing the epic?
a)
Romans
b)
Fates
c)
Muse
d)
Gods
2.
Aside from the narrator, who is the first person we hear from in a speech?
a)
Aeneas
b)
Juno
c)
Aeolus
d)
Dido
3.
Which of the following is NOT a reason Juno hates the Trojans?
a)
Her daughter was not given the cup bearer position
b)
They don't pray to her enough
c)
Judgment of Paris
d)
The Trojans will destroy Carthage one day
4.
What does Aeolus control?
a)
winds
b)
waves
c)
the sky
5.
As his fleet is in the storm sent by Juno, who does Aeneas address?
a)
Juno
b)
Aeoluls
c)
his men
d)
no one
6.
Who ends up calming the storm?
a)
Aeolus
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Fates
7.
Qualis apes aestate nova per florea rura exercet sub sole labor, cum gentis adultos educunt fetus, aut cum liquentia mella stipant et dulci distendunt nectare cellas, aut onera accipiunt venientum, aut agmine facto ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent; fervet opus redolentque thymo fragrantia mella.
a)
winds simile
b)
military simile
c)
bee simile
d)
ant simile
8.
“O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem. Vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantes accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopia saxa experti: revocate animos maestumque timorem mittite.”
a)
Aeneas lamenting
b)
Aeneas addressing the gods
c)
Aeneas' pep talk to his men
9.
Who is the eldest, and therefore designated leader, when Aeneas is believed to be lost at sea?
a)
Ilioneus
b)
Acestes
c)
Anchises
d)
Hector
10.
While Ilioneus is speaking with Dido, where is Aeneas?
a)
on the beach
b)
lost at sea
c)
in the temple of Juno
d)
hiding in a cloud
11.
Dido realizes that Ilioneus and the fellow Trojans are in fact there to attack her city.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
The events of Book II happen chronologically after those of Book I
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Who spears the horse and warns the Trojans to be wary of the gift?
a)
Hector
b)
Paris
c)
Laocoon
d)
Neptune
14.
How does Laocoon "harm" the horse?
a)
Kicks it with his foot
b)
Throws his spear into its side
c)
Calls it names
d)
Sets it on fire
15.
Where are the twin snakes from?
a)
Greece
b)
Troy
c)
Tenedos
d)
Crete
16.
Where are the Greeks hiding?
a)
Greece
b)
Troy
c)
Tenedos
d)
Crete
17.
Who warns Aeneas to flee Troy in a dream?
a)
Hector
b)
Paris
c)
Priam
d)
Anchises
18.
Who does Aeneas see as he is at Priam's palace, hiding, and in a fit of rage wants dead?
a)
His mother
b)
Helen
c)
Achilles
d)
Creusa
19.
What does Aeneas NOT take with him as he flees Troy?
a)
penates
b)
father
c)
wife
d)
son
20.
Who was the only person that could have saved Troy?
a)
Hector
b)
Paris
c)
Priam
d)
Anchises
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