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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.
(a) Erinna.
(b) Cercidas.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Arion.

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 _________.
(a) South America.
(b) Africa.
(c) North America.
(d) Asia.

3. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?
(a) Psyche was always helped by sympathetic creatures.
(b) Psyche was unable to complete them.
(c) Psyche could easily complete them.
(d) Psyche ignored Venus' tasks.

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

5. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Agathias.
(c) Aeschylus,
(d) Adaeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.

2. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?

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

4. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.

5. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.

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