Virgil composed the Aeneid to
a. provide Rome and Augustus with a suitably grand founding myth.
b. fulfill his state obligations as Rome’s first poet laureate.
c. explain the enmity between Carthage and Rome.
d. celebrate Augustus’ gift of farmland to veterans.
Answer: a
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a. show the tensions of domestic life. b. divisions between Protestants and Catholics. c. emphasize the differences between two houses. d. acknowledge the disparity between classes.
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Akhenaten (shown above) was the first Egyptian pharaoh ____________.
A.to unify Egypt B.to invent paper C.to adopt monotheism D.to marry his sister
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