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Bulfinch's Mythology - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was The Age of Fable first published?
A) 1863
B) 1858
C) 1881
D) 1855
  • 2. Who combined Bulfinch's three volumes into a single book?
A) Edward Everett Hale
B) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
C) Macmillan
D) Thomas Bulfinch
  • 3. What is the full title of the volume published in 1858?
A) Bulfinch's Mythology
B) Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages
C) The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur
D) The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes
  • 4. In what year did Edward Everett Hale combine the volumes into Bulfinch's Mythology?
A) 1881
B) 1855
C) 1942
D) 1863
  • 5. What was the name of the work that Bulfinch published in 1863 containing only poetical citations?
A) Legends of Charlemagne
B) Poetry of the Age of Fable
C) The Age of Chivalry
D) Bulfinch's Mythology
  • 6. What did the 1942 Macmillan edition omit from Bulfinch's work?
A) The stories of the gods
B) References to literature
C) The Charlemagne legends
D) The King Arthur legends
  • 7. To whom were some editions of The Age of Fable dedicated?
A) Edward Everett Hale
B) Thomas Bulfinch
C) The Macmillan family
D) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • 8. How many volumes did Bulfinch originally publish his work as?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) One
  • 9. What is the secondary title of the volume Legends of Charlemagne?
A) Stories of Gods and Heroes
B) Romance of the Middle Ages
C) Legends of King Arthur
D) Poetry of the Age of Fable
  • 10. Was The Age of Fable dedicated to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in every edition?
A) Yes
B) Only in the 1881 edition
C) Only in the 1942 edition
D) No
  • 11. Who was the author of Bulfinch's Mythology?
A) John Talbot
B) Thomas Bulfinch
C) Edith Hamilton
D) Richard P. Martin
  • 12. In what year was Bulfinch's Mythology published?
A) 1942
B) 1698
C) 1991
D) 1867
  • 13. Whose 1991 edition of the book is considered the most extensive critical treatment?
A) Carl J. Richard
B) Marie S. Cleary
C) Richard P. Martin
D) John Talbot
  • 14. How did Bulfinch describe his intended use for the book?
A) A theological guide
B) A school textbook
C) A philosophical treatise
D) A classical dictionary for the parlour
  • 15. Which earlier textbook did Bulfinch's work eventually displace in the United States?
A) Edith Hamilton's Mythology
B) The Age of Fable
C) Andrew Tooke's Pantheon
D) Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • 16. How did Marie S. Cleary describe The Age of Fable?
A) A faithful translation of Hesiod
B) An abridged, bowdlerized, and rearranged Ovid
C) A scholarly textbook for universities
D) A purely original work of fiction
  • 17. What was the primary source for most of the material in the book?
A) Apuleius' The Golden Ass
B) Virgil's Aeneid
C) Ovid's Metamorphoses
D) Hesiod's Theogony
  • 18. How did Bulfinch's depiction of Prometheus differ from Hesiod's?
A) Prometheus is platonic rather than wily and cunning
B) Prometheus is more violent and grotesque
C) Prometheus is ignored entirely
D) Prometheus is depicted as a god of war
  • 19. How many poets did Bulfinch draw from for his 'poetical citations'?
A) 100
B) 229
C) 3
D) 40
  • 20. Which character does Bulfinch use to link the tales of Bacchus and Theseus?
A) Prometheus
B) Apollo
C) Ariadne
D) Proserpine
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