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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three. The Great Heroes before the Trojan War - Perseus, Theseus, Hercules and Atalanta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Bellerophon.
(b) Barnabe.
(c) Babrius.
(d) Bion of Smyrna

2. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.
(a) Aristeas.
(b) Automedon.
(c) Aegeus.
(d) Aratus.

3. Perseus was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) Hera.
(b) Venus.
(c) A mortal woman.
(d) Artemis.

4. When they reached home, Medea helped Jason take revenge on whom?
(a) Phanocles, his mother's murderer .
(b) Phemonoe, his brother's murderer.
(c) Polyeidosis, his sister's murderer.
(d) Pelias, his father's murderer.

5. Theseus became a good and just king of _________ and took part in many more adventures, such as the Calydonian Boar hunt and the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths.
(a) Sparta.
(b) Rome.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.

3. In one version of the story of the creation of man, the gods created different races of men based on _________.

4. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.

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

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