The Aeneid Quiz

The Aeneid Quiz

8th Grade

12 Qs

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The Aeneid Quiz

The Aeneid Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Holley Rohloff

Used 3+ times

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

This question has two parts.

Part A: What is the tone of the excerpt from The Aeneid of Virgil?

Grim and wretched

Concerned and calming

Fearless and questioning

Ghoulish and emotionless

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 2 pts

Part B: Which two quotes from The Aeneid best support the answer to Part A?

A whirlpool thick / with sludge, its giant eddy seething, vomits / all of its swirling sand into coves. (lines 2–4)

Alone / he poles the boat and tends the sails . . . (lines 9–10)

And here a multitude was rushing, swarming / shoreward, with men and mothers, bodies of / high-hearted heroes stripped of life . . . (lines 13–15)

thick as the leaves that with the early frost / of autumn drop and fall within the forest, / or as the birds that flock along the beaches . . . (lines 18–20)

But Charon, sullen boatman, / now takes these souls, now those . . . (lines 25–26)

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Read this excerpt from lines 5-9 of The Aeneid.

Grim Charon is the squalid ferryman,
the guardian of these streams, these rivers; his
white hairs lie thick, disheveled on his chin;
his eyes are fires that stare, a filthy mantle
hangs down his shoulder by a knot. . . .

What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt from The Aeneid?

It illustrates the speaker’s fears about the boats.

It describes the boatman’s fears about his duties.

It shows that the boatman is fearsome and determined.

It illuminates that the speaker is uncertain and troubled.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the phrase old age in a god is tough and green in line 12 of The Aeneid?

When gods get old, they stop taking care of themselves.

Old gods may seem powerful, but they are helpless.

When gods get old, they create terror for everyone.

Old gods may look weak, but they stay powerful.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the effect of the imagery in lines 13–27 of The Aeneid?

It gives modern readers a deeper understanding of the speaker.

It forces readers to consider what their five senses tell them.

It uses old scare tactics to thrill modern readers

It creates a sense of horrific yearning in readers.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the phrase to swear falsely in line 37 of The Aeneid?

To cry

To lie

To curse

To scream

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the effect of the narrator’s use of the word you throughout the excerpt from Hades: Lord of the Dead?

It makes the reader feel like part of the story.

It demonstrates how the reader knows the characters.

It gives the reader insight into the narrator’s frame of mind.

It shows what the narrator is thinking as he talks to the reader.

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