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

2. Otus and Ephialtes were ___________ who wanted to prove that they were the equals of the gods.
(a) Elves.
(b) Giants.
(c) Chimaera.
(d) Dwarves.

3. Why did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a very special hero?
(a) Mortals were not allowed to visit the underworld; this was a place for only the gods.
(b) Only a few mortals made it to the underworld.
(c) Only a few mortals in the Greek myths went to the underworld and returned.
(d) Most mortals had no interest in going to the underworld.

4. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.
(a) Artemis/Diana.
(b) Aphrodite/Venus.
(c) Diana/Venus.
(d) Artemis/Aphrodite.

5. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Hades/Pluto.
(c) Poseidon/Neptune.
(d) Zeus/Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?

2. After encountering some of the same dangers that Odysseus and Jason faced on their adventures, a storm washed Aeneas and his fellow travelers up near Carthage on the north coast of _________.

3. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.

4. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?

5. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.

(see the answer key)

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