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western literature / 11.03

2016/11/04 17:59

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§The Aeneid

1. Which god saves Aeneas from the storm in Book I of the poem?

Juno
Aeolus
Neptune
Jupiter

Juno convinces Aeolus to stir the winds and seas in order to wreck Aeneas and his ships. However, Neptune intervenes to calm the seas (see Book I, lines 145 and following).

2. What story does Aeneas recount in Book II of the Aeneid?

the fall of Troy
the founding of Troy
the fall of Rome
the founding of Rome

Book II recounts the banquet given to welcome Aeneas and his men to Carthage, during which he recounts the fall of Troy and the subsequent events that have led to his arrival in North Africa.

3. What race is Aeneas said to have founded?

the Greeks
the Aryans
the Romans
the Persians

The Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas’ founding of what would become Rome and the Roman people.

4. Who is responsible for Aeneas and Dido being attracted to each other?

Zeus
Neptune?
Jove
Cupid

It is Cupid (encouraged by his mother, Venus) who causes Aeneas and Dido to fall in love (or at least lust). However, Juno also gets involved once she discovers the plan, hoping that Aeneas will be sidetracked from his quest to found a new city.

5. Where do Aeneas and Dido get “married”—at least as far as Dido is concerned?

on board a ship
in Dido’s bedroom
in a cave
in an open field

Once again, the gods have arranged for a rainstorm to come up during the hunt that Aeneas and Dido are on together. They take shelter in a cave where it is implied that they have sex, at which point we are told that Dido "no longer thinks to keep the affair a secret, / no, she calls it a marriage" (Book II, lines 216–17)

6. Early in the Aenied, whom does the speaker invoke to inspire his story?

the Muse
God
Aenes
Homer

Consistent with epic tradition, the poem’s speaker invokes the Muse to inspire his story "Tell me, Muse, / how it all began" (Book I, lines 8–9).

7. Who rules Carthage when Aeneas arrives there?

Pygmalion
Romulus
Carthagus
Dido

Carthage is ruled by Queen Dido (whose brother is Pygmalion).

8. How does Dido commit suicide after Aeneas decides to leave her and continue on his quest?

She burns herself on a pyre.
She stabs herself.
She poisons herself.
She drowns herself in the sea.

Using one of Aeneas’ swords, Dido stabs herself to death – “All at once, in the midst of her last words, / her women see her doubled over the sword, the blood / foaming over the blade, her hands splattered red” (Book IV, lines 823–25).

9. With whom does Aeneas ultimately engage in single combat?

Pallas
Evander
Latinus
Turnus

The war that Aeneas wages in Italy turns more and more violent and bloody. Towards its end (and the end of the epic) Aeneas and Turnus engage in single combat. Aeneas, enraged when he sees that Turnus has been wearing the belt of Pallas (Aeneas’ friend and ally) as a war trophy, eventually slays Turnus.