Which story forms part of the founding mythology of Rome?

• A. Georgics
• B. Eclogues
• C. Aeneid
• D. Metamorphoses

Answer: (C)

The main idea being tested is which work contains Rome’s founding legend. The epic that tells how Rome begins follows Aeneas, a Trojan hero who, guided by the gods, travels to Italy and becomes the ancestor of Romulus and Remus. This narrative directly links Rome’s origins to Trojan lineage and divine will, establishing the city’s founding in a grand, legitimizing myth. The other works aren’t about Rome’s founding: the Georgics and Eclogues are Virgil’s poems on farming and pastoral life, not origin stories for the city; and Metamorphoses, while full of myths, is a broader collection of transformations rather than a single founding narrative for Rome.