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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. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.
(a) Selene.
(b) Serenus.
(c) Severus.
(d) Sabinus.

2. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their empathy for mankind.
(c) Their egos.
(d) Their physical weakness.

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

4. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.
(a) Athena/Diana.
(b) Artemis/Diana.
(c) Athena/Minerva.
(d) Diana/Minerva.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.

3. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?

4. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.

5. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.

(see the answer key)

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