Topic 6: The Quest of Aeneas

Past Junior Cert Questions Section A Name: ______

1998

  1. What was the connection between the Emperor Augustus and the poet Virgil? ______
  2. What was the connection between Venus and Aeneas? ______
  3. Who was sent to Dido disguised as Ascanius? Why was this done? ______
  4. What did Charon do for Aeneas? ______
  5. Which god inspired the Sibyl of Cumae? ______
  6. Who was Sinon? What did he do? ______

1999

  1. Who was Iarbas? ______
  2. From which island was Aeneas sailing when he was blown off course to Africa? ______
  3. Who was Laocoon? What happened to him? ______
  4. How and where was Priam killed? ______
  1. Which Trojan hero told Aeneas in a dream to leave Troy? ______
  2. How was Aeneas led to the Underworld? ______

2000

  1. What was the connection between the Judgement of Paris and the Trojan War? ______
  2. What reward did Juno promise Aeolus for creating a storm at sea? ______
  3. When Cupid sat on Dido’s knee, how and why was he disguised? ______
  4. Name Dido’s sister, and say how she helped Dido? ______
  5. How did Iris help Dido? ______
  6. Why did Aeneas need the Golden Bough? ______

2001

  1. Why did Juno hate the Trojans? ______
  2. Immediately before seeing Dido for the first time in her temple, what made Aeneas weep? ______
  3. How, and by whom, was Priam killed? ______
  4. Who was Iarbas? What was his connection with Dido? ______
  5. What was Anchises doing when Aeneas met him in the Underworld? ______
  6. Why did Augustus Caesar want Virgil to write the Aeneid? ______

2002

  1. Who was Aeolus? Why did he cause trouble for Aeneas? ______
  2. In Book I of the Aeneid, why did Aeneas send Achates back to the ship? ______
  3. “I am afraid of Greeks, particularly when they bring gifts.” Who said this, and to what was he referring? ______
  4. In Book 2 of the Aeneid, what prevented Aeneas from killing Helen? ______
  5. Who was Sychaeus? Who killed him? ______
  6. Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? ______

2003

  1. Where is Aeneas when the Aeneid begins? ______
  2. While Troy is falling, who appears to Aeneas in a dream? What does he look like? ______
  3. What happens when Aeneas and his men try to rescue Cassandra? ______
  4. What makes Aeneas realise that he must leave Carthage? ______
  5. Mention two things the Sibyl tells Aeneas he must do before going to the Underworld. ______
  6. What was Cerberus? How did the Sibyl treat him? ______

2004

  1. Who asked Virgil to compose the Aeneid? ______
  2. How was Aeolus persuaded to cause a storm in Book I of the Aeneid? ______
  3. How did Sinon persuade the Trojans to bring the horse into Troy? ______
  4. Who was Creusa and what happened to her? ______
  5. Who was Anna? What advice did she give Dido? ______
  6. How did Aeneas cross the river Styx? ______

2005

  1. When Aeneas lands on the coast of North Africa, who is the first person he meets? ______
  2. What does Aeneas see in the new city of Carthage which first gave him hope for the future? ______
  3. Who was Hector? What does he order Aeneas to do? ______
  4. What finally persuades Anchises to leave Troy? ______
  5. Who was Iarbas? What did he want Dido to do?
  6. How did Aeneas find the Golden Bough? ______

2006

  1. Give one reason why Juno does not like the Trojans. ______
  2. From which island was Aeneas sailing when he was blown off course to Carthage? ______
  3. Who is Ascanius? By what other name is he known? ______
  4. Why does Aeneas not kill Helen?
  5. Who is Iarbas?
  6. Whom does Jupiter send to tell Aeneas he must leave Carthage? ______

2007

  1. Which island? ______
  2. How was Priam killed? By whom? ______
  3. Who is Creusa? What happened to her?
  4. What is Aeneas’ father called? ______
  5. Who is Anna? ______
  6. By what gate did Aeneas leave the Underworld? ______

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