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Vergil's Aeneid Book 1 Trivia Quiz

Complete the quote from the Roman epic.

A multiple-choice quiz by jagman09. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jagman09

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
261,285

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
329

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I sing of ________ and a man...". Hint

War

Fighting

Women

Arms

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Is there such great _______ from divine minds?" Hint

Wrath

Intelligence

Love

Mortality

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Question 3 of 10

3. "So great a task it was to found the Roman _________."

Answer: (One Word, 4 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Three and four times blessed, those whose lot it fell to die under the high walls of Troy before the face of the _________!"

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Then Trojan _________ is born with noble origin." Hint

Romulus

Caesar

Remus

Ascanius

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Question 6 of 10

6. "She says, and turning away, the rosy colored _______ gleams." Hint

Neck

Cheeks

Lips

Face

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Such work as this the _________ exercise in the new summer through the flowery fields under the sun." Hint

Ants

Dragonflies

Butterflies

Bees

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Question 8 of 10

8. "He stands up and, _________, he says, 'Achates, what now is this place, what regian in the earth does not know of our works?'" Hint

Smiling

Laughing

Crying

Frowning

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Question 9 of 10

9. "He himself is _______." (At the sight of his long-lost friends). Hint

Happy

Sorrowful

Overjoyed

Dumbstruck

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Question 10 of 10

10. "From which came the Latin race and the Alban fathers and the walls of _______ Rome."

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I sing of ________ and a man...".

Answer: Arms

The opening section parallels both the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey". The 'arms' parallels the opening quote of "The Iliad": 'Sing, Muse, sing the rage of Achilles,' while the man refers to Odysseus in Homer's "Odyssey".

2. "Is there such great _______ from divine minds?"

Answer: Wrath

This is referring to Juno's great anger that Aeneas will keep the Trojan name alive.

3. "So great a task it was to found the Roman _________."

Answer: Race

This is talking about how hard it was to found the race and having to get through all the hardships faced. It ends the prologue.

4. "Three and four times blessed, those whose lot it fell to die under the high walls of Troy before the face of the _________!"

Answer: Fatherland

Aeneas is lamenting that he thought he would die in a storm and not fighting for his city, Troy.

5. "Then Trojan _________ is born with noble origin."

Answer: Caesar

Jupiter is telling the future of the Trojan/Roman race to Venus.

6. "She says, and turning away, the rosy colored _______ gleams."

Answer: Neck

This is describing how Venus is revealing herself as a goddess to her son Aeneas.

7. "Such work as this the _________ exercise in the new summer through the flowery fields under the sun."

Answer: Bees

This is a simile describing the Carthaginians building their city.

8. "He stands up and, _________, he says, 'Achates, what now is this place, what regian in the earth does not know of our works?'"

Answer: Crying

This is Aeneas reacting to the mural of the Trojan war and remembering his now-dead friends.

9. "He himself is _______." (At the sight of his long-lost friends).

Answer: Dumbstruck

Aeneas cannot believe that he is seeing those he thought dead because of the storm.

10. "From which came the Latin race and the Alban fathers and the walls of _______ Rome."

Answer: High

This is a perfect example of a transferred epithet (a rhetorical device where an adjective modifies the wrong noun) as high should not modify Rome, but the walls.

Source: Author jagman09

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