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6. What starts the war in Latium?

  • Iulus killing the stag of Silvia
  • Aeneas shooting Turnus
  • Ascanius hunting with dogs

7. Aeneas claims that his father told him the prophecy that he would know where to settle when he was "eating your tables" but who was the prophesy originally given by?

  • Helenus the prophet
  • Celeano the harpy
  • Helen of Troy
  • Zeus the thunderer

8. What is the name of the daughter of the king of the Latins?

  • Juturna
  • Lavinia
  • Amata

9. To whom was Lavinia betrothed before the prophecies said she was to marry Aeneas?

  • Aeneas
  • Turnus
  • Ascanius

10. Which female warrior leads the Volscians into battle?

  • Opus
  • Camilla
  • Diana

11. In the second half of the Aeneid, Virgil invokes a muse and calls his work "a higher order of things" Which muse did he invoke?

  • Erato the muse of love
  • All 9 muses
  • Calliope the muse of epic poetry

12. What are opened by Juno that were eventually closed twice by Augustus?

  • The gates of the temple of Janus
  • Aeneas' temple
  • The doors of the palace of the Latins