Q 01/05

Which Roman goddess grows jealous when people worship the mortal princess Psyche instead of her?

A) Juno

B) Minerva

C) Venus

D) Diana

Answer · why

C) Venus

Venus orders her son Cupid to make Psyche love something hideous, but he falls for the princess himself and disobeys.

Q 02/05

What spills from Psyche's lamp onto the sleeping Cupid, waking him and sending him fleeing?

A) Hot oil

B) Melted wax

C) A spark

D) Her tears

Answer · why

A) Hot oil

Hot oil from the lamp burns Cupid, who flies off and leaves Psyche on a riverbank. He then lies ill in his mother's house while she searches for him.

Q 03/05

Which tiny creatures sort a huge heap of mixed grains and beans for Psyche before nightfall?

A) Bees

B) Mice

C) Spiders

D) Ants

Answer · why

D) Ants

Ants take pity on Psyche and bring a whole fleet of insects to finish the sorting while her tormentor is away at a wedding feast.

Q 04/05

Which fairy tale is often traced back to the myth of Cupid and Psyche?

A) The Princess and the Pea

B) Beauty and the Beast

C) Jack and the Beanstalk

D) Hansel and Gretel

Answer · why

B) Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a version of Cupid and Psyche, Bruno Bettelheim argued in his book The Uses of Enchantment.

Q 05/05

What is the one rule Psyche's mysterious husband sets when he visits her each night in darkness?

A) Never look at him

B) Never speak his name

C) Never leave the palace

D) Never eat his food

Answer · why

A) Never look at him

Never look at him: he always leaves before sunrise, so Psyche knows her husband only by voice and touch until her sisters stir up doubt.