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    Nomen: _________________________

    Questions on Virgil and the Aeneid


    1.

    In what year was Virgil born?

    2.

    Where did Virgil complete his education?

    3.

    Which poet described Virgil as half of my soul?

    4.

    In how many books is the Aeneid?

    5.

    Who are the parents of Aeneas?

    6.

    Why were the Trojans holding joyous celebrations on the night when their
    city fell?

    7.

    Whose ghost appeared to Aeneas? What did he tell Aeneas? What did he
    order Aeneas to do?

    8.

    What dreadful sight met the eyes of Aeneas as he reached the royal palace?

    9.

    What did Venus tell Aeneas to do?

    10.

    Whom did Aeneas take with him as he made his way from the city?

    11.

    How did Aeneas learn that his wife had died?

    Myth I: Aeneas
    Read Myth I: Aeneas in Ecce Romani (textbook pp. 28-31) and
    complete the following assignment.
    PART I:
    Place the following10 events in chronological order.
    Write numbers 1through 10 In the blanks.
    ______ Gods and omens tell Aeneas to flee Troy and found a new city.(n.b.,found-establish)
    ______ Aeneas visits Carthage.
    ______ For ten years, the Greeks hold Troy under siege without success.
    ______ Aeneas reaches Italy.
    ______ Agamemnon gathers the Greek army.
    ______ Creusa dies during the escape from Troy.
    ______ Ulysses(also known as Odysseus) devises the Trojan Horse. (n.b.,devise-plan,invent)_
    _____ Aeneas founds a new city, Lavinium, in the kingdom of Latium.
    (remember Latium from the beginning of the year?)
    ______Paris kidnaps Helen.
    ______The Greeks capture Troy.
    PARTII:
    Rewrite the events below in the correct chronological order. SPELLCORRECTLY.
    1.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    2.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    3.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    4.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    5.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    6.
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    7.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    8.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    9.
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    10.
    ______________________________________________________________________________

    Chapter11nmen________________________________________

    MythIII: TheFounding of Rome


    Read MythIII: The Founding of Rome in Ecce Romani(textbookpp.85- 87)and
    complete the following assignment.
    Directions:
    Fill in the blank with the correct person, place, or thing from the word bank below.
    Note very word will be used.
    1. He was the rightful king of Alba Longa but was deposed by his
    brother:___________________________.
    (n.b.,depose-toremovefromofficeforcefully)

    2. The traditional date for the Fall of Troy is___________________________B.C.


    3. ___________________________was the father of Romulus and Remus.

    4. ___________________________saw twelve vultures from the Palatine Hill.


    5. By tradition, Rome was founded in___________________________B.C.
    6. ___________________________seized his brothers throne.
    7. ___________________________knew that his history of Rome contained a mix of fact
    and legend.
    8. ___________________________was the mother of Romulus and Remus.
    9. Anotherr name for Ascanius, son of Aeneas, was___________________________.
    10. ___________________________saw six vultures from the Aventine Hill.
    11. The shepherd___________________________recovered the twins from a nurturing
    she-wolf( lupa) and raised them as his own.
    12. The mother of Romulus and Remus was forced to become a sort of nun ,or
    priestess
    of___________________________ To prevent her from having children who might
    challenge their great uncles claim to the throne of Alba Longa.
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    Numitor Amulius
    Vesta
    Mars
    Jupiter
    Faustulus
    Remus
    Romulus
    Lavinia
    Iulus
    Rhea
    Silvia

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