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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One. How the World and Mankind Were Created, and The Earliest Heroes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Zeus'.
(b) Prometheus'.
(c) Aristophanes'.
(d) Diogenes'.

2. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.
(a) Theogony.
(b) Theology.
(c) Monogamy.
(d) Meogony.

3. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?
(a) As a way of understanding the heavens.
(b) As a way of teaching moral lessons.
(c) As a way of connecting to the gods.
(d) As a way of understanding the world.

4. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.
(a) Poseidon/Neptune.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Zeus/Neptune.

5. The main gods, or ______________, lived on Mount Olympus.
(a) Athletes.
(b) Olympians.
(c) Olympusians.
(d) Olymps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.

2. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.

3. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

4. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

5. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.

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