37. Q. Seven years after the fall of Troy for what purpose did Æneas and
his companions embark from Sicily? A. To found a new Troy in the west.
38. Q. In the first book of the “Æneid,” where was the fleet conveying
Æneas and his companions driven? A. To the coast of Carthage.
39. Q. By whom were the Trojans received with generous hospitality? A.
Dido, the Carthaginian queen.
40. Q. With what are the third and fourth books of the “Æneid”
principally occupied? A. With the relation by Æneas to Queen Dido of his
previous adventures and wanderings, including an account of the siege and
fall of Troy.
41. Q. To what is the fourth book devoted? A. To the sad tale of Dido and
her fatal passion for her guest.
42. Q. What is the course of Æneas in this affair? A. He ruins Dido, and
under the cover of night deserts Carthage with his ships.
43. Q. What is the fate of Dido? A. She commits suicide, ending her
sorrow on the funeral pyre.
44. Q. With what is the fifth book largely occupied? A. With an elaborate
account of games celebrated by the Trojans on the hospitable shores of
Sicily, in honor of the anniversary of the death of Anchises, the father
of Æneas.
45. Q. What is the principal matter of the sixth book? A. An account of
Æneas’s descent into Hades.
46. Q. By whom is Æneas accompanied as guide on his visit to the lower
world? A. By the Sibyl at Cumæ.
47. Q. What does Anchises, the father of Æneas, relate to his son in
Elysium? A. The name and quality of the illustrious descendants who
should prolong and decorate the Trojan line.
48. Q. How many books of the Æneid are usually read by students in
preparation for college? A. Six.
49. Q. Of what is an account given in the remaining six books? A. The
journey of Æneas from Cumæ to Latium, and his adventures there.
50. Q. With what episode does the poem close? A. The death of Turnus, a
rival chief, in single combat with Æneas.