Book IX

Aeneid Book IX - Questions

Book IX is not a very important book. It deals mostly with the early

fighting between the Trojans and the Rutulians. It is very bloody and

gory, and if some of the scenes were filmed by Hollywood, it would make GLADIATOR

look tame.

1. Who tells Turnus that the time for war is right now?

2. What had Aeneas told his men to do in an emergency?

3. What does Turnus do to try to combat this order?

4. Why does Turnus' plan fail?

5. Who volunteer to go get Aeneas?

6. What is their plan?

7. Why are they caught?

8. How do they die?

9. What happens to their heads?

10. Who wants to die as a result?

11. What 2 ways are suggested?

12. Who got his first kill?

13. Whom did he kill and how?

14. Who told him to stop participating in the battle?

15. Who gets inside the Trojan gate?

16. Who stops him from killing the Trojans?

17. How does he escape?

18. Perhaps the goriest scene in the AENEID occurs in Book IX. Can

you describe it?