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The Aeneid
Virgil
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Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X
Book XI
Book XII
Characters
Character List
Aeneas
Dido
Turnus
Main Ideas
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Motifs
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Quotes By Theme
Duty
War
Fate
Divine Intervention
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Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X
Book XI
Book XII
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Aeneas
Dido
Turnus
Ascanius
Anchises
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Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book IX
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book X
Book XI
Book XII
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Book VII Quiz
Book VII Quiz
1
of 5
Which river do the Trojans reach as they near Latium?
The Thames
The Seine
The Jordan
The Tiber
2
of 5
What is the significance of the Trojans' meal of bread and fruit?
They do not offer any to the poor, angering Jupiter.
They eat their tables, as the harpy predicted.
They consume parts of Carthage in Italy, as Apollo commanded.
They pluck the fruit from the trees of Latinus, waking the hydra.
3
of 5
What does Latinus offer Aeneas in addition to land?
His daughter
His orchards
His army
His treasury
4
of 5
Who angers the natives against the Trojans?
Apollo
Mercury
Allecto
Venus
5
of 5
How does Ascanius inadvertently start the war?
He seduces a woman who turns out to be Turnus's sister in disguise.
He cuts down a tree that Latinus had set aside as sacred.
He shoots a favorite stag of Latinus's herdsman.
He fishes in Tibernius's sacred river.
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