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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 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 in the Greek myths went to the underworld and returned.
(c) Most mortals had no interest in going to the underworld.
(d) Only a few mortals made it to the underworld.

2. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.
(a) Lion.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Horse.
(d) Tiger.

3. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Bellerophon.
(b) Barnabe.
(c) Bion of Smyrna
(d) Babrius.

4. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.
(a) Claiming his wife.
(b) Claiming his slave-girl.
(c) Claiming his property.
(d) Claiming his daughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.

2. The inventor warned his son ______________.

3. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.

4. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.

5. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?

(see the answer key)

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