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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. This story is very different from the other myths in the book for ____________ reasons.
(a) Several.
(b) Very few.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?
(a) Without a burial, the dead could not get to Mt. Olympus.
(b) The gods had created the burial ceremony.
(c) The gods did not like to see death.
(d) Burial rites were incredibly important in ancient Greece.

3. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?
(a) Their egos.
(b) Their intelligence.
(c) Their physical weakness.
(d) Their empathy for mankind.

4. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Hades/Pluto.

5. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.
(a) Mars and Mercury.
(b) Juno and Pluto.
(c) Jupiter and Mercury.
(d) Jupiter and Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

2. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.

3. What happened when King Minos locked this inventor up in his own labyrinth?

4. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.

5. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?

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