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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four. The Trojan War, and The Fall of Troy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.
(a) Erinna.
(b) Daedalus.
(c) Cercidas.
(d) Arion.

2. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

3. What happened when King Minos locked this inventor up in his own labyrinth?
(a) Using an invisibility cloak, he snuck himself and his son out of the labyrinth.
(b) The inventor constructed wings for him and his son Icarus to fly away.
(c) The inventor and his son jumped out of the window, with parachutes attached to their backs.
(d) The inventor poisoned the guards, so he and his son escaped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.

2. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?

3. 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 ____________.

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

5. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?

(see the answer key)

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