This exercise takes you beyond the basics of Greco-Roman mythology, with a strong focus on the Roman deities. If you've heard that the Romans had no real myths of their own, you've been misinformed. Read the question, check the sources, and select the best answer/s for each item. Besides the specific helps, you may wish to do general surveys of these helpful websites:
1. Mythweb.
2. Bulfinch.
3. Encyclopedia Mythica--Greek or Encyclopedia Mythica--Roman.
Note: These links will disappear once you check an answer.

1. Who could flee to the Roman goddess Diana’s temple could for refuge?
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   1.   ?    slaves
   2.   ?    plebeians
   3.   ?    women in childbirth
   4.   ?    foreigners

2. Which Roman god’s celebrations were banned by the senate in 186 BC as immoral?
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   1.   ?    Bacchus
   2.   ?    Dionysus
   3.   ?    Apollo
   4.   ?    Jupiter

3. What did Roman Juno supervise under the guise Moneta?
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   1.   ?    finances
   2.   ?    Rome
   3.   ?    Capitoline Hill

4. What was the name of the goatskin shield with Medusa’s head on it?
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   1.   ?    aegis
   2.   ?    Medusa
   3.   ?    trident
   4.   ?    helmet

5. Which god is depicted with a trident?
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   1.   ?    Poseidon
   2.   ?    Neptune
   3.   ?    Jupiter
   4.   ?    Hermes

6. When he is known as Gradivus (“The One Who Goes Before”), which group is Mars helping?
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   1.   ?    soldiers
   2.   ?    farmers
   3.   ?    army
   4.   ?    cattlemen

7. Whom may Artemis have helped deliver (be born) when she was one day old?
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   1.   ?    Apollo
   2.   ?    Leto
   3.   ?    Selene
   4.   ?    Hephaestus

8. Which Roman god’s name means “free” and might explain why people behaved so freely at his celebrations in March?
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   1.   ?    Liber
   2.   ?    Bacchus
   3.   ?    Dionysus
   4.   ?    Libera

9. Which goddess left Mt. Olympus because she grew tired of the bickering?
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   1.   ?    Hestia
   2.   ?    Vesta
   3.   ?    Athena
   4.   ?    Demeter

10. Which two divinities competed for the rights to sponsor a Greek city?
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    1. Athena
    2. Zeus
    3. Apollo
    4. Poseidon
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11. Which two Trojan warriors did Venus protect?
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    1. Hector
    2. Achilles
    3. Paris
    4. Aeneas
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12. For what was the Roman god Neptune just as famous as his association with the sea and protection of sailors?
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    1.   ?    horse racing
    2.   ?    earthquakes
    3.   ?    trident
    4.   ?    competing for the city of Athens

13. Which two gods are trapped by Hephaestus while having an affair and are then mocked by all the other immortals?
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    1. Poseidon
    2. Ares
    3. Aphrodite
    4. Hermes
    5. Zeus
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14. What was the name given to the priests of Mars who went jumping, dancing, and singing a hymn through the streets of Rome in his honor?
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    1.   ?    Salii
    2.   ?    Carmen Saliare
    3.   ?    hastae Martiae
    4.   ?    Gradivus

15. What maiden was transformed into a laurel tree to escape from Apollo?
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    1.   ?    Daphne
    2.   ?    Thisbe
    3.   ?    Procris

16. Which hunter was transformed into a stag, then killed by his own hunting dogs because he had seen Diana Artemis naked?
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    1.   ?    Actaeon
    2.   ?    Io
    3.   ?    Callisto
    4.   ?    Orion

17. With which Germanic god was Mercury identified?
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    1.   ?    Wodan
    2.   ?    Hermes
    3.   ?    Jupiter
    4.   ?    Apollo

18. What does the name Alipes mean?
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    1.   ?    with winged feet
    2.   ?    protector of merchants
    3.   ?    corn god

19. Which three Roman gods comprised the Capitoline Triad?
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    1. Juno
    2. Venus
    3. Minerva
    4. Jupiter
    5. Mars
    6. Diana
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20. What was sacrificed to Vulcan on August 23?
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    1.   ?    living fish
    2.   ?    live fish
    3.   ?    fish
    4.   ?    fires
    5.   ?    grain

21. Who judged Aphrodite to be the most beautiful goddess of all?
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    1.   ?    Paris
    2.   ?    Zeus
    3.   ?    Hera
    4.   ?    Athena
    5.   ?    Hesiod

22. From what region does Dionysus seem to have come as a late arrival into Greek mythology?
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    1.   ?    Phrygia
    2.   ?    Eleusis
    3.   ?    Macedon

23. Approximately how long is it believed that the Eleusinian Mysteries lasted?
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    1.   ?    seven centuries
    2.   ?    2000 years
    3.   ?    500 years
    4.   ?    300-150 BC

24. What did colonists always take from Hestia’s temple to their new city?
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    1.   ?    fire
    2.   ?    temple priests

25. In addition to ruling the underworld, what else did Hades control?
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    1.   ?    minerals
    2.   ?    sea
    3.   ?    sky

26. Which is the only day of the week to be named directly for a Roman god?
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    1.   ?    Tuesday
    2.   ?    Wednesday
    3.   ?    Friday
    4.   ?    Saturday

27. Who was the god of wine and the vine, and by extension, of uncontrolled behavior?
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    1.   ?    Dionysus
    2.   ?    Bacchus
    3.   ?    Liber
    4.   ?    Apollo

28. Who was the grain goddess who also created the seasons?
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    1.   ?    Demeter
    2.   ?    Rhea
    3.   ?    Persephone
    4.   ?    Gaia