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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 they reached home, Medea helped Jason take revenge on whom?
(a) Phanocles, his mother's murderer .
(b) Pelias, his father's murderer.
(c) Phemonoe, his brother's murderer.
(d) Polyeidosis, his sister's murderer.

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

3. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.
(a) Tagliamento.
(b) Tronto.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Tesino.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?

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

3. 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?

4. Who was Medea?

5. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.

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