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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The House of Atreus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) A chariot accident.
(b) A flood.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A storm at sea.

2. Queen __________ welcomed Aeneas' group.
(a) Deloris.
(b) Diana.
(c) Dido.
(d) Delacroix.

3. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.
(a) Hercules.
(b) Hades.
(c) Medea.
(d) Medusa.

4. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The soul.
(b) The body.
(c) The mind.
(d) The heart.

5. The society Aeneas founded would one day flourish into ___________.
(a) The great nation of Greece.
(b) The great nation of Italy.
(c) The great Roman Republic.
(d) The great city of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Perseus was the son of Zeus and whom?

3. Theseus became a good and just king of _________ and took part in many more adventures, such as the Calydonian Boar hunt and the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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