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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The Royal House of Athens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.
(a) Gaetulicus.
(b) Galatea.
(c) Gnaeus.
(d) Gallus.

2. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?
(a) Their religious leaders.
(b) Their parents.
(c) The gods.
(d) Their neighbors.

3. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.
(a) Epigram.
(b) Idyll.
(c) Epic.
(d) Short.

4. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.
(a) Theodectes.
(b) Theocritus.
(c) Tieresias.
(d) Tyrtaeus.

5. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.
(a) Perseus.
(b) Erectheus.
(c) Philomela.
(d) Theseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.

2. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.

3. When Odysseus blinded the Cyclops, he angered whom?

4. Who composed the Odyssey?

5. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.

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