WorksheetsIn Search of a Homeland (Vergil's Aeneid): pp. 16-27
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the task/destiny/fate of Aeneas?
to find a new homeland for the Trojan survivors
to attack Greece to avenge the destruction of Troy
to die fighting the Greeks in Troy
to rebuild the fallen city of Troy
Whose temple was located on the island of Delos (since he had been born there)?
Apollo
Venus
Minerva
Juno
In the temple on the island of Delos, what does the god Apollo say about the destined homeland for the Trojans?
It is the land of your ancestors!
Return to Troy!
Attack the Greeks and take their homes!
Go where the wind takes you!
From what island was Teucer, an early ancestor of the Trojans?
Crete
Delos
Sicily
the island of the Harpies
Who told Aeneas to settle in Crete (since Teucer was an early ancestor of the Trojans)?
Anchises
Venus
Iulus
Helenus
What happened when Aeneas settled the Trojans on the island Crete?
a plague spread among the Trojans
a fire burned everything down
they lived happily ever after since it was their destined homeland
blood bubbled from the ground
Where was the original home of Dardanus (an early ancestor of the Trojans? Hint: It is the destined homeland of the Trojans!
Italy
Greece
Crete
Sicily
What did the Harpies do when the Trojans landed on their island?
stole their food
sang a sad song
threw spears at them
fled in terror
The Harpies are half-women and half-_____.
birds
bulls
dogs
fish
Celaeno, the queen of the Harpies, predicted that the Trojans would not arrive in Italy until they....
eat their tables!
drink their own blood!
kill one of their children!
journey to the Underworld!
Helenus, a Trojan prophet, advised Aeneas to avoid:
the monsters Scylla and Carybdis
the evil Cyclops
the hungry Harpies
the monstrous Minotaur
According to the Trojan prophet Helenus, what does Aeneas see that will indicate he has reached the place to build his new city?
a white sow/pig with 30 piglets
a black wolf with 10 pups
a white whale
a huge eagle with 3 eaglets
What son of the Trojans Hector and Andromache was killed by the Greeks during the destruction of Troy?
Astyanax
Iulus
Anchises
Helenus
What blinded monster did Aeneas avoid on the island Sicily?
the Cyclops
Scylla
Charybdis
the Sibyl
What Trojan died during the stay on the island Sicily?
Aeneas' father Anchises
Aeneas' son Iulus
Aeneas' wife Creusa
Aeneas' mother Venus
