Lines 450–476: Encounter with Dido's Shade

• Where does Aeneas encounter Dido's shade in the Underworld?

  Fields of Mourning
• Dido warmly welcomes Aeneas and attempts to reconcile with him

  False
• Steps describing Dido's actions during her encounter with Aeneas

  1️⃣ Dido remains cold and silent

  2️⃣ She rejects Aeneas' attempts to speak

  3️⃣ She turns away to join Sychaeus
• In this context, the word 'umbra' refers to Dido's spirit
• Match the grammatical structure with its purpose in the text:

  Accusative case with agnoscit ↔️ Indicates the direct object

  Perfect tense of agnoscit ↔️ Conveys a completed action

  Ablative absolute with aversa tenens ↔️ Describes Dido's posture
• The adjective 'turbatus' describes Aeneas' face
• The tears Aeneas sheds are described as 'dulces' because they are bitter

  False
• Umbra refers to a "shade" or ghost
• Aeneas sees Dido, who committed suicide after he left Carthage
• Why is Aeneas in the Fields of Mourning?

  To see Dido
• Who is Sychaeus, and what is his relationship to Dido?

  Dido's deceased husband
• The verb 'agnoscit' is in the perfect tense to convey a completed action


  True
• What does the Latin word 'quam' introduce in the text?

  A relative clause
• Why does Dido reject Aeneas' attempts to speak to her in the Underworld?

  She is still resentful
• Arrange the grammatical structures based on their function in the text:

  1️⃣ Accusative case with agnoscit

  2️⃣ Perfect tense of agnoscit

  3️⃣ Ablative absolute with aversa tenens
• Agnoscit means "recognizes," indicating Aeneas' action of seeing Dido's shade
• The perfect tense of agnoscit conveys a completed action of recognition
• Match the Latin word with its English translation:

  quam ↔️ whom

  tum ↔️ then

  turbatus ↔️ disturbed

  lacrimas ↔️ tears
• Effudit means "to shed," referring to Aeneas' action of shedding tears.


  True
• Dido's rejection of Aeneas symbolizes her unwillingness to forgive him for abandoning her.

  True
• Dido's shade represents Aeneas' guilt and sorrow over her death.

  True
• Match the significance with its explanation:

  1️⃣ Dido's Shade

  2️⃣ Represents Aeneas' lingering guilt and sorrow over Dido's death

  3️⃣ Dido's Rejection

  4️⃣ Symbolizes her unwillingness to forgive Aeneas, even in the afterlife

  5️⃣ Unresolved Conflict

  6️⃣ Foreshadows the challenges Aeneas faces in balancing duty and personal relationships
• Aversa means "turned away," describing Dido's rejection
• The ablative absolute construction aversa tenens describes Dido's posture and action of turning away.


  True
• The word lacrimas in the accusative plural refers to tears
• Dulces is an adjective modifying lacrimas
• The unresolved conflict between Aeneas and Dido foreshadows his challenges in balancing duty and personal relationships
• Dido's cold rejection of Aeneas symbolizes her unwillingness to forgive