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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. What happened when King Minos locked this inventor up in his own labyrinth?
(a) Using an invisibility cloak, he snuck himself and his son out of the labyrinth.
(b) The inventor poisoned the guards, so he and his son escaped.
(c) The inventor and his son jumped out of the window, with parachutes attached to their backs.
(d) The inventor constructed wings for him and his son Icarus to fly away.

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

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

4. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?
(a) Other men in small militias.
(b) Monsters and strange creatures as part of an army.
(c) Other men, alone.
(d) Other men as part of an army.

5. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white strawberries.
(b) The white poinsettia leaves.
(c) The white mulberry berries.
(d) The white apple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.

3. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.

4. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.

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

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