Q 01/05

In which decade BC did Virgil write the Aeneid?

A) The 60s BC

B) The 20s BC

C) The 40s BC

D) The 10s AD

Answer · why

B) The 20s BC

He composed it between 29 and 19 BC and left it unfinished at his death.

Q 02/05

Aeneas fled which fallen city at the start of his journey?

A) Thebes

B) Troy

C) Athens

D) Carthage

Answer · why

B) Troy

He becomes the legendary ancestor of the Romans.

Q 03/05

How many books does the Aeneid contain?

A) Twenty-four

B) Ten

C) Twelve

D) Six

Answer · why

C) Twelve

The first six mirror the Odyssey's wanderings; the last six mirror the Iliad's war.

Q 04/05

Roughly how many lines long is the Aeneid?

A) About 3,000

B) About 15,700

C) About 24,000

D) About 9,900

Answer · why

D) About 9,900

Legend says Virgil wrote only three lines a day.

Q 05/05

In which meter is the Aeneid written?

A) Dactylic hexameter

B) Iambic pentameter

C) Elegiac couplets

D) Trochaic tetrameter

Answer · why

A) Dactylic hexameter

Each line has six feet of dactyls and spondees, as in Homer.