Aeneid Book 1 quiz

In the first line, Aeneas is fated to...

• fall in love multiple times
• found Rome
• be an exile
• fight a war

Great too were his sufferings in war before he could found his city and carry..[what?]....into Latium

• his gods
• his father
• his son
• his misfortune

Which god is angry with Aeneas?

• Jupiter
• Venus
• Apollo
• Juno

Which city does this god favour?

• Troy
• Latium
• Carthage
• Tyre

What caused her to want to destroy Aeneas?

• The Trojan survivors were fated to overthrow Carthage
• She was still angry about the judgement of Paris
• She was angry with Jupiter over the honours he had bestowed on Ganymede, a Trojan hero who served as his cupbearer
• She was still angry about the outcome of the Trojan War

Which divine power did Juno go to in order to raise a storm which she hoped would keep the Trojans away from the shores of Italy?

• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Apollo
• Aeolus

Who is Aeneas' mother?

• Venus
• Juno
• Minerva
• Leda

Who makes a prophecy about Aeneas and the other Trojans?

• Venus
• Juno
• Artemis
• Jupiter

Who is to have "an empire that will know no end"?

• The Trojans
• The descendants of the Trojans
• The Romans

Which specific tribe will Aeneas overcome in Italy?

• The Thracians
• The Rutulians
• The Greeks
• The Volsci