Virgil's Aeneid

Question 1

Who is Aeneas

Answer 1

Son of Venus and Anchises, leader of the survivors after the sack of Troy, the principle character of the Aeneid.

Question 2

Who is Anchises

Answer 2

Father of Aeneas, member of the Trojan Royal Family

Question 3

Who is Ascanius/ Iulus

Answer 3

Young son of Aeneas and Creusa, founder of Alba Longa, ancestor of the Julia family

Question 4

Who is Creusa

Answer 4

Aeneas’ wife whom he lost while fleeing Troy

Question 5

Who is Venus

Answer 5

Goddess of Love and mother of Aeneas

Question 6

Who is Dido

Answer 6

A Phoenician princess who founded and ruled Carthage, whom Aeneas meets in Book 2 and becomes his lover in Book 4

Question 7

Who is Juno

Answer 7

Wife of Jupiter, hostile towards the Trojans and Aeneas

Question 8

Who is Jupiter

Answer 8

Father and ruler of the gods

Question 9

Who is Evander

Answer 9

A mythical king from Arcadia who settled on the future site of Rome

Question 10

Who is Pallas

Answer 10

Young son of Evander who is mentored by Aeneas and fights for him, is killed by Turnus

Question 11

Who is Turnus

Answer 11

Young king of the Rutulians, who declares war on Aeneas after he marries Lavinia

Question 12

Who is Lavinia

Answer 12

Young daughter of king Latinus who is betrothed to Turnus but later married to Aeneas, starting the conflict between Turnus and Aeneas

Question 13

Who is Latinus

Answer 13

King of Latium and the Latin people

Question 14

Who is Dardanus

Answer 14

Mythical founder of Troy and ancestor of the Trojans, said to have migrated there from Italy.

Question 15

Who is Cupid

Answer 15

God of Love, imagined as a young boy, son of Venus

Question 16

Who was Helen (‘Helen of Troy’)

Answer 16

Wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, her abduction by Paris started the Trojan War.

Question 17

Who was Paris

Answer 17

Son of Priam and brother of Hector (Iliad), he abducted Helen from Sparta.

Question 18

Who was Hector

Answer 18

Son of Priam, the principal warrior in the Iliad

Question 19

Who was Achilles

Answer 19

A Greek warrior, principal character in the Iliad

Question 20

Who is Mars

Answer 20

The God of War

Question 21

Who is Mezentius

Answer 21

An Etruscan King who was sent into exile due to his cruelty, allies himself with Turnus, killed by Aeneas

Question 22

Who is Homer

Answer 22

The poet who wrote both the Iliad and the Odyssey, both of which had lasting effects Western standards and ideals. Virgil borrowed many ideas from Homer’s text.

Question 23

What is the Roman Heroic quality Virtus

Answer 23

Manliness, courage and valour

Question 24

What is the Roman Heroic quality Constantia

Answer 24

Reliability, must be able to succeed in task handed to him

Question 25

What is the Roman Heroic quality Pietas

Answer 25

a blend of affection, loyalty, goodness, duty to the gods, parents, spouse, child and county

Question 26

What is the Roman Heroic quality Civitas

Answer 26

Citizenship, rule of law, loyal to country and all decisions reflected dedication to making his country great

Question 27

What is the Roman Heroic quality Industria

Answer 27

Willingness to work hard, does not give up if a situation became difficult or too much effort

Question 28

What is the Roman Heroic quality Diligentia

Answer 28

Care, thoroughness and application, doesn't do things half assed (don't write half assed in the exam)

Question 29

What is the Roman Heroic quality Gravitas

Answer 29

sober of bearing and substance, calm, steady and serious, remains calm in situations and not give into emotions

Question 30

What is the Roman Heroic quality Continentia

Answer 30

Self-restraint, cannot give into self-gratifying actions and act on impulse

Question 31

What does Aeneas say during Juno's storm that shows lack of gravitas and bad leadership? (BK1)

Answer 31

"How fortunate were you... whose luck it was to die under the high walls of Troy before your parents' eyes"

Question 32

What does Aeneas say to his men after hunting them food after shipwrecking in Carthage that shows strong leadership and Falial peitas (BK1)

Answer 32

"Hold hard, therefore. preserve yourselves for better days."

Question 33

What did Aeneas say to his father Anchises to convince him to let him carry him and leave the falling Troy with him that showed falial peitas (BK2)

Answer 33

"I will hold my shoulders ready for you; this labour of love will be no weight to me"

Question 34

What did Aeneas tell Anchises to do before leaving Troy which showed Peitas (BK2)

Answer 34

"now you, father, take up the gods of our ancestral home"

Question 35

What did Aeneas say remembered when the Greek attacked Troy the showed his furor and kleos

Answer 35

"Frantic in my fury I had no time for decisions; I only remembered that death in battle is glorious.