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Aeneid Book VIII

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As the armies began to assemble, Turnus asks ___ for help in fighting Aeneas.

a)

Evander

b)

Diomedes

c)

Pallas

d)

Dardanus

2.

The number of the sow's sucklings in Aeneas' dream reveals that Alba Longa will be founded in ___ years.

a)

15

b)

20

c)

30

d)

25

3.

After sacrificing the sow and litter, Aeneas and crew sail up the Tiber River to ___.

a)

Ostia

b)

Athens

c)

Agylla

d)

Pallanteum

4.

Aeneas meets Evander and tells him that they are ___.

a)

related by blood

b)

related by marriage

c)

old family friends

d)

old enemies

5.

Aeneas and Evander attend a ceremony for Hercules, who had killed ___.

a)

a rabid bull

b)

flesh-eating horses

c)

a dragon

d)

a three-headed dog

6.

Evander tells Aeneas that his region of Latium was originally the realm of ___.

a)

Vulcan

b)

Saturn

c)

Juno

d)

Minerva

7.

Seeing Aeneas on his journey, Venus urges ___ to make weapons and armor for Aeneas.

a)

Vulcan

b)

Saturn

c)

Juno

d)

Minerva

8.

Aeneas visits ___ to ask the Etruscans for help against the enemy.

a)

Agylla

b)

Caere

c)

Cerveteri

d)

Constantinople

9.

Before meeting the Etruscans, Aeneas received an omen of ___ from Juno.

a)

an eagle

b)

a swan

c)

an owl

d)

thunder

10.

Aeneas finally met the Etruscans, whose leader was ___.

a)

Evander

b)

Diomedes

c)

Tarchon

d)

Mezentius

11.

Venus finally give Aeneas his new arms and armor, including a magnificent ___.

a)

spear

b)

shield

c)

sword

d)

breastplate

12.

Aeneas cannot possibly understand this special gift from Venus, which pictures Vergil's patron ___.

a)

Augustus

b)

Priam

c)

Atlas

d)

Turnus