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Aeneid Vocabulary Book I

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

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.

Who is Aeneas?

a)

a Roman emperor

b)

a Trojan prince

c)

a Carthaginian general

d)

a Tyrian merchant

e)

an Italian king

5.

Who is the father of Aeneas?

a)

Ascanius

b)

Anchises

c)

Acestes

d)

Allecto

e)

Aeneas Sr.

6.

Who is Dido?

a)

goddess of love

b)

queen of Carthage

c)

queen of the gods

d)

queen of Italy

e)

princess of Troy

7.

Who is the wife of Aeneas?

a)

Lavinia

b)

Dido

c)

Amata

d)

Creusa

e)

Camilla

8.

Who is the main antagonist of the Aeneid?

a)

Venus

b)

Cupid

c)

Jupiter

d)

Allecto

e)

Juno

9.

Who makes a shield for Aeneas?

a)

Juno

b)

Jupiter

c)

Vulcan

d)

Venus

e)

Cupid

10.
An ancient city on west coast of Italy near the site of future Rome, named for Latinus' daughter. 
a)
Alba Longa
b)
Latium
c)
Lavinium
d)
Samos
11.
An area of central Italy that includes Rome
a)
Alba Longa
b)
Latium
c)
Lavinium
d)
Libya
12.
a city on the coast of North Africa
a)
Latium
b)
Karthago
c)
Samos
d)
Troia
13.
a region of North Africa
a)
Karthago
b)
Libya
c)
Samos
d)
Tyrus
14.
an island where Juno especially was worshipped
a)
Karthago
b)
Libya
c)
Samos
d)
Troia
15.
a city in Phoenicia that established a colony in North Africa
a)
Alba Longa
b)
Samos
c)
Troia
d)
Tyrus
16.
a city in central Italy, considered the mother of Rome, established by Ascanius
a)
Alba Longa
b)
Lavinium
c)
Latium
d)
Troia
17.
a city in Asia Minor, often associated with Ilium
a)
Tiberis
b)
Troia
c)
Tros
d)
Tyrus
18.
son of King Priam of Troy, who brought the Spartan queen to Troy
a)
Achilles
b)
Danaus
c)
Paris
d)
Tros
19.
anyone from Troy
a)
Paris
b)
Troia
c)
Tros
d)
Tyrus
20.
Greek hero who killed many Trojans; a main character of the Iliad
a)
Achilles
b)
Paris
c)
Danaus
d)
Saturnia
21.
Greek
a)
Danaus
b)
Samos
c)
Tiberis
d)
Tyrus
22.
river that runs through Rome to the coast
a)
Libya
b)
Tiberis
c)
Karthago
d)
Achilles
23.
Juno is angry because...
a)
the judgement of Paris
b)
Ganymede, a beutiful Trojan, replaced her daughter as Zeus' cupbearer
c)
Trojans are the offspring of one of Jupiter's affairs
d)
all of the above
24.

Aeneas' Father

a)

Ascanius

b)

Anchises

c)

Achates

d)

Apollo

25.

Aeneas' mother

a)

Creusa

b)

Venus

c)

Lavinia

d)

Dido

26.

Aeneas' 1st wife,lost in burning Troy

a)

Creusa

b)

Venus

c)

Lavinia

d)

Dido

27.

war

a)

bellum, i

b)

caelum, i

c)

deus, i

d)

Danai

28.

sky, heaven

a)

bellum, i

b)

caelum, i

c)

deus, i

d)

Danai

29.

god

a)

bellum, i

b)

caelum, i

c)

deus, i

d)

Danai

30.

to give

a)

do, dare, dedi, datus

b)

sto, stare, steti, status

c)

venio, venire, veni, venturus

31.

Aeneas, Aeneae, m.

a)

King of the gods

b)

Exiled Trojan prince, son of Venus

c)

Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Thetis

d)

Mythological ancestor of the Julian gens

32.

Juno, Junonis, f.

a)

daughter of Saturn

b)

wife of Neptune

c)

sister of Aeolus

d)

Queen of Carthage

33.

I sing of arms and a man... who is I

a)

Jupiter

b)

Juno

c)

Virgil

d)

Aeneas

34.

Can such resentment hold the minds of the gods? - which god is angry?

a)

Aeolus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Juno

d)

Muse

35.

Why is Juno mad at the Trojans? Select all correct answers

a)

Carthage was his/her favorite city & the Trojans were destined to destroy it

b)

the Judgement of Paris

c)

Ganymede was given honors

d)

They stole a statue