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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. When a Trojan prince called Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between three goddesses, who bribed him with the offer of the most beautiful woman in the world?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

2. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.
(a) Aphrodite/Venus.
(b) Artemis/Diana.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Athena/Minerva.

3. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?
(a) King Nguyen of Siam.
(b) King Titan of Colchis.
(c) King Tut of Egypt.
(d) King Aeetes of Colchis.

4. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.
(a) A storm at sea.
(b) A flood.
(c) A chariot accident.
(d) A car accident.

5. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?
(a) She was young and beautiful.
(b) She was more wealthy.
(c) She was more powerful.
(d) She was Venus' younger sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.

2. Why did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a very special hero?

3. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

4. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.

5. Queen __________ welcomed Aeneas' group.

(see the answer key)

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