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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. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Zeus/Jupiter.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Hades/Pluto.
(d) Hera/Juno.

2. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.
(a) Jobs.
(b) Names.
(c) Personalities.
(d) Attributes.

3. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?
(a) By tricking Talus.
(b) By calling for her mother.
(c) By hiding them in an enchanted tree.
(d) By calling the hounds of Hades to help.

4. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Angels.
(b) Titans.
(c) Godfather.
(d) Devils.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.

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

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

4. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.

5. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.

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