Books I-II

Question 1

The Aeneid’s author (full name)

Answer 1

Publius Vergilius Maro

Question 2

The goddess who was invoked to inspire memory and poetic inspiration

Answer 2

Muse

Question 3

Wife of Jupiter; loves Carthage more than any other city

Answer 3

Juno

Question 4

Aeneas’ son

Answer 4

Ascanius

Question 5

Daughter of Jupiter and mother of Aeneas

Answer 5

Venus

Question 6

Son of Achilles; kills Priam and his son

Answer 6

Pyrrhus

Question 7

Aeneas’ father

Answer 7

Anchises

Question 8

Why did Dido flee to Carthage?

Answer 8

to escape her murderous brother, Pygmalion

Question 9

Who appears to Aeneas as a “Spartan girl out hunting”?

Answer 9

Venus

Question 10

What does Aeneas see upon reaching Carthage?

Answer 10

an elaborate carving of the Trojan War

Question 11

How does Venus “inflame the heart” of Queen Dido?

Answer 11

Venus sends Cupid to Dido in the form of Ascanius, and inflames her heart while she is bouncing “Ascanius” on her knee.

Question 12

How long have the Trojans been wayward when they arrive in Carthage?

Answer 12

7 years

Question 13

Why did the Trojans have to break down their walls?

Answer 13

to bring in the wooden horse.

Question 14

What reason is given for why the wooden horse left at the Greek camp?

Answer 14

Because the wooden horse is a votive offering to the gods for a save journey home.

Question 15

Who said, “Whip up your winds. Overwhelm their ships and sink them.”

Answer 15

Juno

Question 16

Who said, “We have suffered worse before, and this too will pass.”

Answer 16

Aeneas

Question 17

Who said, “Trojan and Tyrian shall be as one in my eyes.”

Answer 17

Dido

Question 18

Who said, “Whatever it is, I am afraid of Greeks even when they bear gifts.”

Answer 18

Laocoon

Question 19

Who said, “May the gods pay you well.”

Answer 19

Priam

Question 20

Who said, “Is this treachery or courage? Who would ask in dealing with an enemy?”

Answer 20

Coroebus