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In Search of a Homeland (Vergil's Aeneid): pp. 7-15

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

mother of Aeneas

a)

Venus

b)

Helen

c)

Creusa

d)

Celaeno

2.

father of Aeneas

a)

Anchises

b)

Jupiter

c)

Laocoon

d)

Priam

3.

wife of Aeneas who died during the escape from Troy

a)

Creusa

b)

Helen

c)

Venus

d)

Celaeno

4.

original home of Aeneas

a)

Troy

b)

Greece

c)

Rome

d)

Crete

5.

These people attacked and eventually destroyed the city Troy.

a)

Greeks

b)

Trojans

c)

Romans

d)

Harpies

6.

How long did the Trojans War last?

a)

10 years

b)

1 year

c)

100 years

d)

100 days

7.

"the face that launched 1,000 ships'

a)

Helen

b)

Venus

c)

Creusa

d)

Celaeno

8.

This person did not trust the Wooden Horse and was later killed by serpents.

a)

Laocoon

b)

Sinon

c)

Aeneas

d)

Hector

9.

This Greek told a big, fat lie to convince the Trojans to bring the Wooden Horse into the city.

a)

Sinon

b)

Laocoon

c)

Priam

d)

Anchises

10.

This statue of the goddess Minerva was stolen by the Greeks Odysseus and Diomedes.

a)

Palladium

b)

Pantheon

c)

Harpy

d)

Venus de Milo

11.

The Greeks hid their fleet behind this island to trick the Trojans into thinking that they sailed home to Greece.

a)

Tenedos

b)

Sicily

c)

Crete

d)

Delos

12.

This goddess sent serpents to kill Laocoon and helped Odysseus plan the trick of the Wooden Horse.

a)

Minerva

b)

Helen

c)

Creusa

d)

Venus

13.

Achilles killed this Trojan warrior, and his ghost warned Aeneas about the Greeks during the Fall of Troy.

a)

Hector

b)

Priam

c)

Anchises

d)

Laocoon

14.

the king of Troy who was killed in his palace during the Fall of Troy

a)

Priam

b)

Hector

c)

Laocoon

d)

Anchises

15.

This goddess stopped Aeneas from killing Helen during the Fall of Troy.

a)

Venus

b)

Minerva

c)

Creusa

d)

Celaeno

16.

the son of Aeneas - his head burst into flames, he was unharmed, and this convinced Anchises to abandon Troy

a)

Iulus

b)

Laocoon

c)

Hector

d)

Priam