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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. 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) Asia.
(c) Africa.
(d) North America.

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

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

4. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?
(a) The gods did not like to see death.
(b) Burial rites were incredibly important in ancient Greece.
(c) The gods had created the burial ceremony.
(d) Without a burial, the dead could not get to Mt. Olympus.

5. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.
(a) Jupiter and Mercury.
(b) Mars and Mercury.
(c) Juno and Pluto.
(d) Jupiter and Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.

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

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

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

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

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