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Monday, May 18, 2009

20 Questions-Eric and Alex's Quiz

1. In the story of Pandora's Box what is Pandora's husband's name?-Epimetheus
2. In the Tragic Story of Phaethon what happens to Phaethon when he is riding the chariot? -He is thrown from heaven
3. In the story of the Adventures of Io what does Zeus turn Io into?-a cow
4. In the story of The Curse of Atreus who are Pelops' sons?-Atreus and Thyestes
5. In the story of Cleobis and Biton where do Cleobis and Biton carry their mother?-to a statue of Juno in the Temple of Juno
6. In the story of Laocoon and the Trojan Horse what does Laocoon warn the Trojans of?-The wooden horse housing the Greek warriors
7. In the story of Nisus and Euryalus, who dies at the hands of Volcens?-Nisus
8. In the story of Aurora and Tithonus, who does Aurora go to for help? -the king of the gods, Jupiter
9. In the story of Ulysses and the Cyclops, what do Ulysses and his friends do to escape the cyclops?-They set a tree on fire and hurt the Cyclops' eye
10. In the story Gift Bearing Greeks, how do the Greeks enter Troy?-a large wooden horse, given as a gift, and containing the Greek warriors
11. In the Story of Echo and Handsome Narcissus, what is the moral of the story?-Humans ought not admire themselves excessively.
12. In the story of Europa and the Bull what form does Zeus take on in the story?-a Bull
13. In the story how the Aegean got its name what was the minotaur imprisoned in?-the Labyrinth
14. In the story the wrath of Achilles, who is Achilles angry at? -Agamemnon
15. In the story the Myrmidons, who was the leader of the Myrmidons?-Aecaus
16. In the story A wedding invitation, who are Achilles parents?-Peleus and Thetis
17. In the story the Judgment of Paris, who are the three goddess that fight over the golden apple?-Juno, Venus, and Minerva
18. In the story the labors of Hercules, who is the king that forces Hercules to perform these labors?-Eurystheus
19. In the story of Echo and the Handsome Narcisses what does Echo do that annoys Narcisses. -She repeats what he says
20. In the story of Nisus and Euryalus what do the brothers try to steal from the enemy camp? -a helmet

-"Veritas"-Harvard University, "Non doctior, sed meliore doctrina imbutus"-Haverford College