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