1. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Hades/Pluto.
(d) Zeus/Jupiter.

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

3. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) One.
(b) All but two ships.
(c) All of them.
(d) All but one ship.

4. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?
(a) Oneself.
(b) One's neighbors and the gods.
(c) One's family.
(d) The gods.

5. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) The Romans' images.
(b) The leaders' images.
(c) No one's image.
(d) Their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theseus saved Athens from the cruelty of _______________, who demanded a tribute of seven maidens and seven young men every nine years to feed to the Minotaur.

2. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?

3. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.

4. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.

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

(see the answer key)

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