WorksheetsAeneid Book 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins
Which of the following are reasons Vergil gives for Juno's anger toward Aeneas?
Paris picked Venus instead of her for the beauty contest
Aeneas neglected to pray to her and honor her
The future Romans will destroy the Carthaginians, her favorites
Jupiter made Ganymede the cupbearer for the gods
In the opening lines of the Aeneid, Vergil follows epic tradition by asking for inspiration from...
a muse
the emperor
a pious man
a divine will
What is the metrical pattern for the first 4 feet of the following line: et genus invisum et rapti Ganymedis honores
dactyl spondee spondee spondee
dactyl spondee spondee dactyl
dactyl dactyl spondee dactyl
spondee dactyl dactyl spondee
The clause "multosque per annos / errabant acti fatis maria omnia circum" is best translated
and through the years, many wandered, driving the fates all around the seas
and driven by the fates, many wandered through the years and the seas around all
and driven by the fates they wandered over many years around all the seas
and many, through the years, were wandering the seas for the fates all around
Line 55 (illi indignantes magno cum murmure montis) contains an example of
chiasmus
synchesis
litotes
alliteration
From line 68 (Ilium in Italiam portans victosque penates) we learn that
Penates is bringing Ilium into Italy
the remnants of the Trojan state and its religion are being brought to Italy
Ilium conquered the Penates as they were being carried to Italy
the defeated Trojans are carrying the Penates into Ilium
In lines 78-80 ("tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Iovemque concilias, tu das epulis accumbere divum nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem"), Aeolus says he will fulfill Juno's request because
he wants Jupiter's scepter
she has offered him an outstanding bribe
she has given him whatever power he has
he prefers the gods' feasts to having power
The best translation of lines 142-143 (Sic ait, et dicto citius tumida aequora placat collectasque fugat nubes solemque reducit.) is
Thus he speaks, and more quickly than a word he calms the swollen seas and puts to flight the gathered clouds and brings back the sun.
Thus he speaks, and with his rather quick word he calms the gathered seas and sends off the swollen clouds and leads back the sun.
He speaks thus, and with his speech he calms the swift, swelling seas and sends away the collected clouds and leads back the sun.
He speaks thus, and he placates the swollen seas with his swift word and puts to flight the gathered clouds and brings back the sun.
The metrical pattern of the first four feet of line 162 (Hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur) is
dactyl dactyl dactyl spondee
dactyl spondee spondee spondee
spondee dactyl spondee dactyl
spondee spondee spondee dactyl
A figure of speech that occurs in line 177 (tum Cererem corruptam undis Cerealiaque arma) is
personification
anaphora
aposiopesis
metonymy
From line 574 (Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur) we learn that
neither Trojan nor Tyrian has committed any crime against Dido
the Trojans and Tyrians will not enter into any contests with one another
Dido will treat the Trojans and Carthaginians in the same way
Tros and Tyrius will not be allowed to enter into a lawsuit
Adforet in line 576 (Atque utinam rex ipse Noto compulsus eodem / adforet Aeneas!) is subjunctive in a(n)
indirect question
wish (optative)
purpose clause
possibility (potential)
Vergil wrote poetry during the reign of which emperor?
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Tiberius
Nero
Who is the mother of Aeneas?
Venus
Juno
Minerva
Dido
In which poetic meter is the Aeneid written?
iambic pentameter
iambic trimeter
dactylic hexameter
elegaic couplets
Where is Carthage located?
Greece
Turkey
North Africa
Italy
Who is Acestes?
A king in Sicily, descended from Trojans
The right-hand man of Aeneas
The father of Aeneas
The son of Aeneas
Which of the following is the best translation for "forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit"?
Perhaps one day it will be pleasing to remember both of these things
And perhaps one day it will be pleasing to remember those things also
Possibly these things will be pleasing to us one day
Perhaps one day it will be pleasing to remember even these things
