Instructions: Read Books 1 & 2 of Virgil’s “Aeneid” (document found in weekly module). As you read, respond to each of the following questions as thoroughly as possible. To help make your reading easier, the lines of the story that contain the answers to the questions are highlighted in green and have the question numbers posted next to them. Type your responses in the text entry fields. Then print your assignment and submit it in hard copy in class. (Worth 70 points total)
Book I
- Recall that one of the characteristics of an epic is the poet states the theme at the beginning. Read the first lines of Book 1, and then tell in your own words what the theme is. Be sure you include all the main ideas from the highlighted passage. (There are at least five major ideas in the passage.) (5 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What is the name of the city “belov’d by Juno”? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What “ancient rumor” had Juno heard? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Among Juno’s “long causes working in her mind” (reasons for hating Trojans) were references to Ganymed(e) and Electra. You may not know what these references are. But another reason stated is “of Partial Paris, and her (Juno’s) form disdained.” What is this referring to? (1 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - For how many years were the “remnants of the Trojan host” wandering before arriving in Italy? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Juno knows that Fate and Jove (Jupiter) are on the side of the Trojans. So to whom does she turn to help her “sink or disperse [her] fatal enemies”?
Click or tap here to enter text. - What does Juno promise him in return for his help? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What god gets angry about the tempest which destroys the Trojan fleet? Why is he so angry? What does he do about it? (3 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Where do the Trojans arrive after the tempest subsides? How many ships make it there? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What animals did Achates see on the plain and how many did he kill? What does this number symbolize with regards to Rome’s history? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What are several of the “past . . . woes” that the Trojans have had to bear on their long journey? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What goddess saw the “human miseries” and asked Jove (Jupiter) why he was allowing this to happen? What promise that Jove once made does she refer to?
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Click or tap here to enter text. - Jove tells her that three cities are part of the Trojans’ future. They are Lavinium, and what two other cities? (1 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - When Aeneas awoke on the Libyan shore, he saw his mother, Venus. How was she disguised? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Who rules the “rising city,” which Aeneas sees from afar? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - How many ships did Aeneas start off with? How many remain? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - How did Aeneas react when he realizes the hunter is his goddess mother, Venus?
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Click or tap here to enter text. - In this passage, we find a common characteristic of an epic. What is it? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What did Aeneas see that “reviv’d his courage, and his fear expell’d”? (Describe in general what he sees, as well as some of the specific scenes.) (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - To what “sweet region was [the Trojans’] voyage bent”? (1 pt.)
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Book II - Who is Ulysses? (What other name do we know him by?) (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - This highlighted passage describes the trick that the Greeks used to fool the Trojans into thinking the war had ended. What are the first few lines describing? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - According to this passage, where was the Greek fleet hiding? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - In this passage, the Trojan priest Laocoön tries to warn the others about what the Greeks left behind. What two possibilities does he suggest this thing could be?
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Click or tap here to enter text. - Summarize what happens in this passage. (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - The next six or seven highlighted passages contain the elaborate lie that the Greek solder told the Trojans. First, what is the name of the Greek? (He introduces himself in the second highlighted passage.) Next, read through the other passages, and then summarize in your own words the elaborate lie he tells the Trojans.
(3 pts.) Click or tap here to enter text. - How does the king (Priam) react to the Greek’s story? (Answer it based on what you read in this highlighted passage.) (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What does the Greek tell the Trojans about the gift? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Describe what happens to Laocoön and his sons in this passage. (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What do the Trojans do with the gift? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What happens after the horse is wheeled in? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What happened to Aeneas while he was sleeping? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Describe the appearance of Hector in Aeneas’ vision. (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Summarize the warning that Hector gives to Aeneas. (1 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What does Aeneas do when he wakes up? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Describe the trick that Coroebus suggests to his Trojan comrades. (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - When he enters the palace of King Priam, Aeneas sees Helen. What does he want to do to her? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - Aeneas’ mother (Venus) appears to him. What message does she have for him regarding who is to blame for the loss of Troy? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What does Venus tell her son to do? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What happens in this passage? (Does Aeneas obey his mother?) (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - In this passage, Aeneas and his father witness two omens that convince them that it is time to flee Troy. What are they? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - As they are fleeing, Aeneas tells his father to take something in his hands. What are they? Why can’t he take them himself? (2 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - How do Aeneas and his family leave the city? (Describe the grouping.) (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What happens to Aeneas’ wife, Creusa, as they are fleeing the city? (1 pt.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - According to Creusa, the fates will provide Aeneas with something in Italy. What will be provided? (2 pts.)
Click or tap here to enter text. - What does Aeneas yield to at the end of this passage? (1 pt.)
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