Aeneid Final Test

Question 1

How does Aeneas show heroism

Answer 1

-Compassion for the unburied dead in the underworld
- Rescues his family from Troy
-Has Public Duty and Private Loyalties

Question 2

How does Beowulf show Heroism

Answer 2

• Willingness to face monster after monster with utmost bravery
• Ideal warrior that exhibits extreme feats of strength

Question 3

How does Hunaphu and Xbalanque show heroism

Answer 3

-Facing trial set by the lord of death
-Showcasing exceptional skills in the Maya ball game

Question 4

What happens to the Carthaginian Queen?

Answer 4

(Dido) Jilted then dies by suicide

Question 5

What happens to the Volscian Warrior Queen?

Answer 5

(Camilla)killed in battle

Question 6

What happens to Aeneas’ wife

Answer 6

(Creusa) Gets lost in the mist

Question 7

What happens to the Italian Queen

Answer 7

(Amata) Gets infected by a fury

Question 8

Which goddess is against Aeneas

Answer 8

Juno

Question 9

Which goddess is Aeneas’ mother

Answer 9

Aphrodite

Question 10

Who was Rome’s leader at the time of Vergil’s death (19 BCE)

Answer 10

Augustus

Question 11

“Who says’s the “Come, then dear father, hold my neck I said. I’ll take you on my back, you wont weigh me dDown. Come what may, we’ll share one danger…”

Answer 11

Aeneas

Question 12

What does it means that Aeneas exits the underworld via the gate of ivory?

Answer 12

Aeneas is returning to a world that is no longer real to him due to Roman imperialism and is dreamlike

Question 13

Who says this? “Others, I believe, will beat out bronze that seems
To breathe and chisel living faces out of marble.
They’ll excel in pleading lawsuits, and they’ll trace
The heavens’ paths and chart the rising stars.
“

Answer 13

Juno

Question 14

What does Aeneas see that prompts him to kill Turnus

Answer 14

The belt of Pallas, a fallen Trojan warrior

Question 15

What literary device is the Shield of Aeneas

Answer 15

Ekphrasis

Question 16

What literary device is the Temple pictures at Carthage

Answer 16

Ekphrasis

Question 17

What literary device is the catalogue of Romans

Answer 17

Both

Question 18

Is the Aeneid is written in Latin in dactylic hexameter.

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

True or false: Laocoon is killed by a bull from heaven.

Answer 19

False, killed by giant sea serpents

Question 20

What is Arma virumque canois?

Answer 20

The opening of the Aeneid

Question 21

How would you characterize Aeneas as a hero?

Answer 21

He pious, a great leader and has a sense of duty

Question 22

After Dido curses Aeneas and his people, what historical figure is the avenger to rise?

Answer 22

Hannibal

Question 23

How did Augustus prefer to describe his position and status in Rome after he became sole ruler of Rome

Answer 23

Premus Inter pares “First among Equals”

Question 24

This young Arcadian, wearing a fancy belt, is killed by Turnus

Answer 24

Pallas

Question 25

This young man died with his fries Nisus when their attempted night raid went foul.

Answer 25

Euryalus

Question 26

This cruel etruscan leader was saved by his son from Aeneas' sword, but then he also fell

Answer 26

Mezentius

Question 27

This Arcadian King gave Aeneas a tour of his home at a place of Seven Hills

Answer 27

Evander

Question 28

This is Dido's sister who encourages Dido to marry the foreigner.

Answer 28

Anna

Question 29

this warrior woman, Turnus' ally, dies in battle

Answer 29

camillia

Question 30

Who says "My child, don’t ask about the great grief of your people. The fates will offer us the merest glimpse of him; they won’t let him live long. Would the Romans seem too powerful to you, O gods, if he were ours? What might groans of men the Field of Mars will send to our great city! "

Answer 30

Anchises