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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. Queen Amata, the king's wife, was not happy with this and neither was Turnus, the Rutulian king. Why was Turnus not happy about this?
(a) He did not like the stranger.
(b) He was in love with Queen Amata.
(c) He wanted Lavinia for himself.
(d) He did not like Greeks.

2. The inventor warned his son ______________.
(a) To not run too fast.
(b) To not go too far away from him.
(c) To not fly too close to the sun.
(d) To not become too sure of his safety.

3. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.
(a) Poisoned him.
(b) Fell asleep and never woke up.
(c) Committed suicide.
(d) Poisoned herself.

4. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.
(a) An expensive bribe.
(b) A sacrifice to the gods.
(c) One last bloody battle.
(d) A huge wooden horse.

5. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape?
(a) Aeschylus,
(b) Adaeus.
(c) Agathias.
(d) Aeneas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?

2. 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.

3. Who was Medea?

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

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

(see the answer key)

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