Final - Study Q's

Question 1

What are majors themes in the Aeneid?

Answer 1

Sanctity of marriage and family and piety and duty

Question 2

What is the meaning of the “destiny tradition” in Aeneid?

Answer 2

Importance of faith in divine providence

Question 3

What parallel does Virgil create between characters?

Answer 3

Aeneas and Augustus

Question 4

What juxtaposition, or character contrast, does Virgil present?

Answer 4

Aeneas and Dido (piety versus passion)

Question 5

In which section of the Aeneid is Aeneas most like Odysseus?

Answer 5

The beginning, in Books I-V

Question 6

In which section of the Aeneid is Aeneas most like Achilles?

Answer 6

The end, in Books VII-XII

Question 7

What metric poetic pattern did Virgil use in the Aeneid?

Answer 7

Dactylic hexameter

Question 8

Which traditions did Virgil emphasize in the Aeneid?

Answer 8

Exploration and destiny

Question 9

Who in the Aeneid prophetically foretells the destiny of Rome?

Answer 9

Anchises

Question 10

What does the prophecy identify as Rome’s destiny?

Answer 10

“To pacify, to impose law, to spare the conquered”

Question 11

Which goddess does Virgil refer to at the beginning of Bk. 1 “in her sleepless rage”?

Answer 11

Juno

Question 12

Which god calms the storm caused by Aeolus?

Answer 12

Neptune

Question 13

Who is the mother in Bk. 1 who comes to Aeneas disguised as a young Spartan girl?

Answer 13

Venus

Question 14

In Bk. 3, Aeneas tells Dido that he and his men have been seeking a new homeland for how long?

Answer 14

Seven years

Question 15

In Bk. 6, whom does Aeneas search for first, as the prophet Helenus had counseled him to do?

Answer 15

Sibyl

Question 16

During his tour of the underworld, what close relative does Aeneas meet in the Blessed Groves?

Answer 16

Father

Question 17

In Bk. 7, which king had received prophecies that his only daughter Lavinia would marry a stranger, and establish a superior race?

Answer 17

Latinus

Question 18

What does Venus request for her son Aeneas from one of the other gods in Bk. 8, much as Achilles’ mother requested for him in the Iliad?

Answer 18

Armor

Question 19

In Bk. 9, Virgil’s explanation for the transformation of the ships is an earlier agreement between Jupiter and whom?

Answer 19

Cybele

Question 20

In Bk. 10, what famous prince does Turnus kill, gloating over his corpse and looting a precious belt?

Answer 20

Pallas

Question 21

In Bk. 11, who proposes a one-to-one combat between Aeneas and Turnus as a plan for ending their conflict?

Answer 21

Aeneas

Question 22

Who is the great warrior princess of the Volscians who supports Turnus against the Trojans?

Answer 22

Camilla

Question 23

To what wounded animal does Virgil compare Turnus in Bk. 12, when he finally agrees to fight Aeneas in one-to-one combat?

Answer 23

Lion

Question 24

What does Aeneas promise if Turnus should win their combat?

Answer 24

Leave forever

Question 25

What does Aeneas promise to Turnus if he, Aeneas, should win their combat?

Answer 25

Treat as equals