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Ecce Romani: Chapter 5 -- Aeneas

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

The hero Aeneas was originally from...

a)

Troy, a city in the eastern Mediterranean

b)

Troy, a city in northern Africa

c)

Rome, a city on the Italian peninsula

d)

Carthage, a city in northern Africa

2.

The Trojan War began when...

a)

Paris judged Aphrodite / Venus to be the most beautiful goddess

b)

Achilles' friend Patroclus was killed

c)

Hector was slain by Achilles

d)

the Trojan Horse entered the city

3.

Helen was promised to Paris by Venus. She was famous for being...

a)

the most beautiful woman in the world

b)

the kindest woman in the world

c)

the best weaver in the world

d)

the strongest woman in the world

4.

Which of these characters is NOT a Greek?

a)

Priam

b)

Menelaus

c)

Achilles

d)

Agamemnon

5.

Hector was well known for...

a)

being an excellent warrior

b)

being a minor god

c)

thinking up the Trojan horse

d)

being Achilles' best friend

6.

The stalemate between the Greeks and Trojans lasted for how long?

a)

ten years

b)

20 years

c)

the whole summer

d)

a week

7.

Which Greek hero thought up the Trojan Horse?

a)

Ulysses (Odysseus)

b)

Agamemnon

c)

Menelaus

d)

Achilles

8.

Which of these characters does NOT make it out of Troy to safety?

a)

Creusa

b)

Aeneas

c)

Anchises

d)

Ascanius

9.

Which of these goddesses is Aeneas' mom?

a)

Venus

b)

Minerva

c)

Juno

d)

Creusa

10.

Enroute to Italy, Aeneas had a brief love affair with...

a)

Dido

b)

Creusa

c)

Juno

d)

Lavinia

11.

Aeneas was driven towards Italy because...

a)

it had been foretold in a prophecy

b)

he liked the idea of milder summers

c)

Ascanius wanted to go to school there

d)

no one had settled there yet

12.

Who is Anchises?

a)

Aeneas' father

b)

Aeneas' son

c)

Aeneas' mother

d)

Aeneas' best friend

13.

Which of these is Aeneas' son?

a)

Ascanius

b)

Dido

c)

Carthage

d)

Achilles

14.

The Trojan horse was effective because...

a)

the city was caught off guard

b)

it was so huge

c)

the gods had enchanted it

d)

gifts can be persuasive

15.

You may have heard of Helen of Troy, but she was originally Helen of Sparta. Sparta was in...

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

Tunisia

d)

Persia