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2. _____ [48] What strategy do the Trojans (eventually to be Romans) adopt against Turnus--when his Latins attack their stockade? (a) they attempt to move up the Tiber by ship; (b) they make sudden violent sallies through the gates; (c) they threaten to attack the capital city of the Latins; (d) they fortify themselves within their stockade.
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D--Aeneas is repeating here the "Fabian strategy" used against Hannibal who would defeat every Roman army sent against them. the idea was to "sally out" (like Lachoneus did against Giddianhi) when the Carthaginians attempted to gain supplies. But to avoid soldier-to-soldier contact.
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3. _____ [87] When Turnus fails to destroy the Roman force outright, what does he resolve to do next? (a) to attack King Latinus; (b) to burn the Trojan ships; (c) to kill all Trojan hostages; (d) to offer sacrifices and to hold a council of war with his troops.
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B--he thinks that the burning of the ships will make it impossible for the Trojans to maneuver.
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4. _____ [104] The Roman ships are protected because of the pleadings of which divine person ? (a) Venus; (b) Juno (surprisingly); (c) Rhea; (d) Saturn.
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C--surprisingly, it is NOT Venus! The scenes comes from a later Greek story called the "argonautica".
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6. _____ [164] After the miracle of the ships, which Latin offers an erroneous interpretation of its meaning? (a) Turnus; (b) Juturna; (c) Mezentius; (d) Latinus.
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A--Turnus says that the turning of the ships into Dolphins is a good omen (for the Latins). We all know what the misreading of a prodigy means.
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7. _____ [314] Nisus discloses a secret plan to Euryalus. What is the plan? (a) a plan to desert the Trojans; (b) a plan for slipping by the Rutulians and carrying an urgent message to Aeneas; (c) a plan for destroying the Trojan ramparts; (d) a plan to kill the Latins by stealth.
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B-he thinks that from his vantage point he can see a path heading to the Arcadia (he wants to get word of the attack to Aeneas).
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9. _____ [329] How do Aletes and Ascanius respond to the plan of Nisus? (a) they never get a chance to hear it; (b) they energetically support it; (c) they lightly dismiss it; (d) they violently and strongly oppose it.
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B--they offer gifts and recognition for the plan.
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11. _____ [568] How does Nisus die? (a) killed by a Trojan arrow; (b) attacked by Roman cavalry while stripping dead Rutulians; (c) in a suicidal attack on the Rutulians who are killing Euryalus; (d) shot with an arrow in a blind flight back to the Trojan fortress.
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C--Euryalus betrays them at first. Nisus is in the clear, but he turns back to aid his captured friend.
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14. _____ [924] How does Turnus get into the Trojan fort? (a) he is admitted by Pandarus, one of his skillful comrades; (b) he leaps over the wall; (c) he charges, unnoticed at first, through the remains of the burning tower; (d) Trojans themselves open the gates.
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D--this, the deaths of N&E illustrate the follies of pride and "love of honor".
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16. _____ [1085] How does Turnus escape death in the stockade? (a) Apollo aids him; (b) Turnus jumps into the Tiber; (c) Turnus makes use of smoke from the burning stockade to flee; (d) Juno magically carries him over the gates.
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B--later, in Book XI, he will refuse to jump into the river. The Trojans drive him out with an "now-everyone-at-once" strategy.
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