Aeneid

Question 0

What did Paris do that irritated Juno?

Answer 0

He judged Venus the fairest in a divine beauty contest

Question 1

In book 1, why is Juno afraid of the future of Carthage?

Answer 1

There is a prophecy that the race descended from the Trojans will someday destroy Carthage

Question 2

Where was Aeneas going when Aeolus was called upon by Juno to ruin his voyage?

Answer 2

Sicily

Question 3

After being saved from Aeolus by Neptune, where does Aeneas and his crew land?

Answer 3

Libya

Question 4

Who comes in disguise to Aeneas after he lands in Libya?

Answer 4

Venus, his mother, who reveals the history of Dido

Question 5

Where is Dido originally from, and why did she leave?

Answer 5

Her rich husband in Tyre was originally murdered by Pygmalion, so she fled and founded Carthage

Question 6

Who is also with Aeneas as he approaches Carthage while shrouded in Venus’s mist?

Answer 6

Achates

Question 7

Who is the Greek who completes the Trojan Horse plan?

Answer 7

Sinon

Question 8

What was Sinon’s fake story?

Answer 8

That the Greeks have wished to flee Troy for some time but were prevented by fierce storms, and in order to appease the gods, he was chosen as a sacrifice

Question 9

What happened to the Trojan priest Laocoon and his two men after they threw spears at the wooden horse?

Answer 9

They were devoured by two sea serpents

Question 10

Who appeared to Aeneas in a dream and told him to flee the city while the Greeks attacked?

Answer 10

Hector

Question 11

How is Aeneas able to defeat many Greeks in Troy?

Answer 11

He and friends steal Greek armor

Question 12

How is Anchises originally persuaded to join Aeneas to leave?

Answer 12

Omens - bright falling star in the sky, and then a harmless flame on Ascanius’s forehead

Question 13

What happens when Aeneas goes back to look for Creusa?

Answer 13

He finds her “shade”

Question 14

Why is Dido hesitant to love Aeneas?

Answer 14

She swore she would never marry again after Sychaeus died

Question 15

Why does Juno support Dido’s love of Aeneas?

Answer 15

Because she sees it as a way to keep Aeneas from going to Italy

Question 16

How does Juno cause Aeneas and Dido to be married?

Answer 16

She brings a storm down upon them as they hunt and makes them end up in a cave by themselves so Dido considers them married without any real ceremony

Question 17

Why are the Carthaginians upset after Dido “marries” Aeneas?

Answer 17

They believe that the couple have surrendered to lust and are no longer being productive rulers

Question 18

Why does Aeneas leave Carthage?

Answer 18

Jupiter sends Mercury to leave for Italy

Question 19

Why does Dido tell Anna to build a great bonfire?

Answer 19

As her own funeral pyre

Question 20

Where do the ships land at Italy?

Answer 20

Cumae, near Naples

Question 21

What temple was Aeneas instructed by his father to enter?

Answer 21

The Temple of Apollo

Question 22

What does Sibyl require Aeneas to obtain before entering the underworld?

Answer 22

a golden branch

Question 23

What is the significance of tearing off the golden branch?

Answer 23

If one can tear it off easily, then fate calls Aeneas to the underworld

Question 24

Where does Aeneas meet Dido in the underworld, and how does she react?

Answer 24

The Fields of Mourning, and she simply turns away toward Sychaeus

Question 25

Who inside the fortress doles out punishment for the most evil sinners?

Answer 25

Rhadamanthus

Question 26

From whom is Caesar descended?

Answer 26

Ascanius

Question 27

Which god aids Aeneas in the battle against Turnus?

Answer 27

The river god Tiberinus, who tells him to seek help from the Arcadians (Evander)

Question 28

Who is the patron of the Arcadians, and what did he do?

Answer 28

Hercules, who killed the monster Cacus

Question 29

Which god founded the nation called Latium?

Answer 29

Saturn

Question 30

How does Evander calling more troops result in a negative effect on Aeneas?

Answer 30

It causes them to march slowly

Question 31

Who is King Latinus’s wife?

Answer 31

Amata

Question 32

Who causes Queen Amata to dislike Aeneas?

Answer 32

Allecto

Question 33

Who does Juno call to help Turnus in his battle against Aeneas?

Answer 33

Juturna

Question 34

What does Juturna do in order to try and throw off the duel?

Answer 34

Transforms into a noble Latin officer named Camers and asks them to break the treaty

Question 35

What thwarts Juturna’s attempts to stop the duel?

Answer 35

One of the troops hurls a spear at the Trojans’ ranks

Question 36

Why is Aeneas forced to retreat after the fighting begins again?

Answer 36

He is shot by an arrow to the leg

Question 37

How is Aeneas healed from the arrow wound?

Answer 37

Venus sends down a healing balm, which the physician uses to close the wound perfectly

Question 38

What does Aeneas realize when he returns tot he battlefield?

Answer 38

Latinus’s city has been left unguarded, which he then attacks

Question 39

What does Queen Amata do when she sees that Aeneas has breached the city walls?

Answer 39

hang herself

Question 40

How does the Turnus/Aeneas battle finally transpire?

Answer 40

Turnus, not wanting more city citizens to be hurt, calls Aeneas again to duel

Question 41

What happens when Turnus strikes Aeneas first with his sword?

Answer 41

It breaks

Question 42

What is Juno’s condition for Aeneas to win the battle?

Answer 42

The Trojans must take on the name and language of the Latins

Question 43

How does Jupiter thwart Turnus in the battle?

Answer 43

He sends down a Fury, which fills him with terror

Question 44

How is Aeneas almost persuaded to spare Turnus but then dissuaded?

Answer 44

Turnus begs for forgiveness, but then he sees the belt of Pallas around Turnus’s shoulder