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