Episode 56 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 56: I Shall Release Hell. See what you remember about Books 7-9 of the Aeneid, and the beginning of the war between the Trojans and native Italians, by clicking “START” below!

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Juno’s evil servant gets the Italians angry at the Trojans partly by:

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These two warriors launch a nocturnal strike against the sleeping Italian camp at the beginning of Book 9 of Virgil’s Aeneid.

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Which of the following is NOT part of the general ideological smorgasbord we encounter in Anchises’ speeches in Book 6 of the Aeneid?

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This character proclaims, “A day is fixed for everyone,” or Stat sua cuique dies.

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The close of Book 8 describes Aeneas as “Ignorant as to its substance, yet awed by the artwork.” What is being referenced here?

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This character petitions Latinus to have Lavinia marry Turnus, and not Aeneas.

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The Stoic doctrine of the spiritus or mens holds that:

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Juno’s servant who helps her get the war started in Italy.

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Says, “If I cannot change the will of Heaven, I shall release Hell.”

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Jupiter says that character died ante diem, or “before her day.”

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Virgil spent a lot of time with Epicureans. Why is what Anchises says in Book 6 of the Aeneid so antithetical to Epicureanism?

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This evil usurper to an Etruscan throne tortured people by sewing their bodies together with corpses while they were still alive.

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Numanus, a minor Italian character, taunts the Trojans from the base of their siege wall. What happens next?

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Evander encourages Aeneas to seek auxiliary forces amidst the

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Says, “We are sent / Through wide Elysium, where a few abide / In happy lands, till the long day, the round / Of Time fulfilled, has worn our stains away.”

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