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For Y13 Classical Studies
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BOOK 2 : Who does Aeneas leave behind?
His girlfriend Dido
His wife Creusa
His wife Cleopatra
His wife Lavinia
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BOOK 1 : What land had the Trojans just left when they got caught in the storm?
Crete
Greece
Sicily
Troy
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What Roman Emperor is glorified in the Aeneid?
Augustus
Virgilius
Julius Caesar
Constantine
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BOOK 6 : What does Anchises show Aeneas across the river Lethe?
The exes of Aeneas
Soulsof future descendants
Pageant of ancestors
A line of Roman Emperors
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BOOK 6 : What is the happy place in the Underworld called, where Anchises is?
Elysium
Fields of Mourning
Paradise
Tartarus
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BOOK 4 : How does Dido kill herself?
Uses a poisonous snake
Burns herself on the pyre
Stabs herself with Aeneas’ sword
Drinks poison
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BOOK 4 : How many years do the souls of the unburied have to wait to cross the river?
Forever
10 years
100 years
1000 years
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BOOK 4 : How is Dido’s love for Aeneas usually described?
As a fire
As a sickness
As a poison
As a doe
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BOOK 2 : How was Laocoon killed?
Struck by a thunderbolt
By a poisonous snake
Eaten by a lion sent by the gods
By a sea serpent sent by Minerva
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BOOK 6 : The Sibyl is the priestess of what god?
Apollo
Juno
Artemis
Athena
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BOOK 4 : What does Dido make inside her palace as Aeneas prepares to leave?
A funeral pyre
A farewell party
A royal banquet
A love nest
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BOOK 1 : What is Venus' plan?
To distract Juno from trying to kill Aeneas
To use Cupid to make Dido fall in love with Aeneas
To make Aeneas super handsome
To get Aeneas to Italy asap
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BOOK 4 : How is Rumour described?
A snake monster
A spreading sickness
Aterrible bird-like monster
A burning ring of fire
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BOOK 1 : Who is Dido compared to when she first appears?
The goddess Venus
The goddess Artemis
The goddess Diana
The queen Cleopatra
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BOOK 2 : What does Hector tell Aeneas to do in his dream?
Save the family gods and leave Troy
Kill Helen
Die gloriously in battle
Go to the palace to defend the king
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BOOK 4 : Which two divine figures conspire to get Dido and Aeneas together?
Jupiter and Juno
Juno and Aeolus
Venus and Juno
Jupiter and Venus
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BOOK 2 : What island did the Greek ships hide behind to fool the Trojans?
Sardinia
Sicily
Tenedos
Crete
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BOOK 6 : What does Aeneas need to find before he can enter the Underworld?
The golden trumpet
The golden bough
The golden fleece
The golden ticket
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BOOK 2 : What brings Aeneas to his senses and makes him go back to his family home?
Venus reminding him then seeing Priam killed
Seeing Priam killed then Venus’ reminder
A thunderbolt from Jupiter
A shooting star over Mt Ida
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BOOK 2 : Name the Greek left behind to trick the Trojans
Sergestus
Simon
Sinon
Socrates
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BOOK 2 : Who kills Prince Polites and King Priam?
Achille's son Pyrrhus
Achille's father Peleus
Achilles' brother Publius
Achilles' partner Patroclus
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BOOK 4 : Who is sent by Jupiter to remind Aeneas of his mission?
Apollo
Mercury
Hermes
His father's ghost
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BOOK 1 : Who is Aeneas' faithful companion?
Achates
Ascanius
Anchises
Agrippa
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BOOK 4 : Who does Juno send to release the spirit of Dido?
Mercury
Cupid
Iulus
Iris
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BOOK 4 : Who does Dido confide in about pursuing a relationship with Aeneas?
Her old nurse
Her husband's ghost
Her sister Anna
Her patron goddess Juno
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BOOK 1 : Who is the god of the winds?
Aioli
Ascanius
Achates
Aeolus
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What is the poet's full name?
Publius Julius Nero
Gaius Virgilius Naso
Publius Virgilius Maro
Marcus Didius Falco
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BOOK 1 : What is the other name for Troy?
Ilioneus
Ilium
Iliad
Iulus
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BOOK 2 : What signs tell Aeneas and the reluctant Anchises that they have to leave Troy?
Shooting star then appearance of flames on Ascanius’ head
Appearance of flame on Ascanius’ head, then shooting star
Venus reveals the gods in the process of destroying Troy
A pageant of heroes appears
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BOOK 1 : Why does Juno hate the Trojans?
She did not get the apple from Paris
All of the above
Their descendants will one day destroy Carthage
She wants to get her own way to be respected
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BOOK 4 : What historical wars result from Dido’s curse?
The Gallic Wars
The Roman civil wars
The Punic Wars
The African Wars
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BOOK 6 : How does Aeneas exit the Underworld?
Through the Gate of Ivory
By showing the golden bough
Across the River Styx
Through the Gate of Horn
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BOOK 1 : Where had Dido and her people come from?
Arabia
Phoenicia
Shonisha
Syria
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BOOK 1 : How did Venus appear to Aeneas in the woods?
As Queen Dido
As a child
As a hunting maiden
As a sorceress
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BOOK 4 : Which mutilated fellow Trojan does Aeneas meet among the war dead?
Hector
Dardanus
Priam
Deiphobus
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BOOK 2 : What is Aeneas’ first reaction when he realises that Troy has been sacked?
Tries to kill Helen
Makes sacrifices to the gods
Rushes out to die in battle
Puts his father on his back
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BOOK 4 : How does Jupiter find out about the relationship?
He got hungry from no sacrifices
Venus complained to him
The nymphs wailed when they were in the cave
An angry prayer from his son Iarbas
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What genre is this work of literature?
Epic poem
Novel
Fairy tale
Play
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BOOK 1 : Why does Aeneas weep at the temple in Carthage?
He saw scenes of the Trojan War
He had something in his eye
He is scared of Juno
He misses his father
