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6. What does Dido ask Aeneas to tell?

  • The story of his childhood
  • Why Juno doesn't like him
  • The whole story of what happened at Troy
  • The story of Balamory

7. Why does Venus send Cupid In Ascanius' place to the palace?

  • So he can learn all the secrets about Cathage that can be used against the city
  • As a reward for being so good at his job
  • So he can sit of Dido's knee and make her fall in love with Aeneas
  • So he can poison Dido's drink so she falls in love with Aeneas

8. Which city did the person who founded Cathage come from?

  • Bath
  • Athens
  • Tyre
  • Troy

9. What are two things Virgil 'sings of in this poem?

  • Arms and of the man
  • Arms and legs
  • Arms and men
  • Men and Women

10. What is the impression of the Greeks form this inscription?

  • They have a sweet nature
  • They are brutal and ruthless
  • They are impressive fighters
  • They are bad fighters

11. What is the simile that is used to describe Neptune when he calms the storm?

  • An old man with his family
  • A calming figure that contradicts the chaos of the storm
  • Someone who is know for being wise calming an angry mob
  • A shepherd calming his flock

12. What gift does Aeneas order to be given to Dido?

  • Golden robe and a dress
  • Some wild flowers and a garland
  • One of the 7 deer he killed
  • Marriage

13. Who is Dido compared with as she enters into view?

  • Venus
  • Dianna
  • Juno
  • Scipio

14. What is the first identifier that Dido has fallen in love with Aeneas?

  • She begs him to marry her
  • She kisses him
  • Fire
  • She doesn't stop talking to him

15. Where were the Trojans leaving when Juno saw them?

  • Tyre
  • Venice
  • Sicily
  • Greece

16. Why does Aeolus agree to send a storm upon the Trojan ships?

  • He didn't like them
  • Juno promised him a nymph as a wife
  • Juno promised to always be nice to him
  • He's a pushover

17. What does Dido pray for as she toasts the Trojans

  • That they will be happy
  • That they will always stay
  • That they will leave swiftly
  • That Aeneas will marry her

18. How does Virgil indicate that Juno loved Cathage most on earth?

  • Her favourite mortal rules there
  • Keeps her armour and chariot there
  • She was born there
  • She has a nice holiday home there

19. How do we know that people are working hard to build Cathage?

  • They are compared to a hive of bees
  • They are compared to flies
  • They are compared to a nest of ants
  • They are compared to wasps

20. How many ships reach the coast with Aeneas?

  • 3
  • 10
  • 7
  • 44