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WorksheetsThe Aeneid - Books 1, 2 and 4
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who is Aeneas?
a Roman emperor
a Trojan prince
a Carthaginian general
a Tyrian merchant
an Italian king
Who is Dido?
Goddess of love
Queen of Carthage
Queen of the gods
Queen of Italy
Princess of Troy
Who is the father of Aeneas?
Ascanius
Anchises
Acestes
Allecto
Aeneas Sr.
Who is the sister of Dido?
Barce
Amata
Anna
Camilla
Venus
Who is Aeneas' Trojan Wife?
Lavinia
Dido
Amata
Creusa
Camilla
What is the fate of Queen Dido?
She marries Aeneas and rules Carthage and Italy.
She rejects Aeneas and sends him away.
She kills herself after being abandoned by Aeneas.
She fights the Punic Wars against the Romans.
She avenges her husband by killing her brother.
Who is the son of Aeneas?
Anchises
Creusa
Ascanius
Acestes
Cupid
Who is the author of the epic poem "Aeneid"?
Homer
Catullus
Ovid
Virgil
Augustus
CHRONOLOGICALLY, what happened first?
Turnus fights against Aeneas and the Trojans.
Vulcan makes a shield for Aeneas
Anchises dies in Sicily.
The city of Troy is destroyed by the Greeks.
Dido meets Aeneas and talks with him at a feast.
Venus appears to Aeneas as a Huntress in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Juno convinces Aeolus to unleash winds and cause a great storm in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Sinon convinced Trojans that the Greeks have left shores of Troy in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Laocoon warns the Trojans that Greeks, and Greeks with gifts, should not be trusted in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
A storm forces Aeneas and Dido into a cave where they "consummate their marriage" in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Aeneas and 7 ships are shipwrecked on the coast of North Africa in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Venus begs Jupiter to allow her son to fulfill his destiny as founder of the Roman people in...
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Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Venus has Cupid disguise himself as Ascanius to inflame Dido's heart in...
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Book 2
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Book 4
Jupiter sends Mercury to ensure that Aeneas and his men will be welcomed in Carthage in...
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Book 3
Book 4
Dido spends her days obsessing over Aeneas and neglects the building of her city in...
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Book 4
Dido learns from Rumor of Aeneas' plans to leave Carthage in...
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Book 4
Mercury appears to Aeneas and tells him he must move on from North Africa in...
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Book 3
Book 4
Aeneas' mother is
Creusa
Venus
Lavinia
Dido
Why does the goddess Juno resent the Trojans?
Carthage was her favorite city & the Trojans were destined to destroy it
the Judgement of Paris
Ganymede was given honors
They stole a statue
Most of Book 2 is a flashback.
True
False
Which is a reason Romans would feel a sense of pride when reading the Aeneid?
Trojans didn't lose bc of battle skills, but bc of character
They come from divine lineage w/Aeneas as a demigod
Aeneas bravely led refugees to safety in a time of distress
Aeneas stayed devoted to his duty: to found a new kingdom
