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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four. The Adventures of Aeneas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

2. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.
(a) A stranger.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A Greek.

3. When Aeneas and his group arrived in Italy, they were greeted warmly by __________, the local king.
(a) Latitude.
(b) Latinus.
(c) Longitude.
(d) Latissimus.

4. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.
(a) Claiming his daughter.
(b) Claiming his slave-girl.
(c) Claiming his property.
(d) Claiming his wife.

5. Phaёthon was the son of the Sun-god ____________.
(a) Agathon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Helios.
(d) Hermesianax.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

2. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.

3. The story of the Trojan War was ______________ important and popular myths of the Greeks, and one which every educated Greek and Roman would have been familiar with.

4. After encountering some of the same dangers that Odysseus and Jason faced on their adventures, a storm washed Aeneas and his fellow travelers up near Carthage on the north coast of _________.

5. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?

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