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

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

3. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.
(a) Personalities.
(b) Attributes.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Names.

4. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Titans.
(b) Godfather.
(c) Devils.
(d) Angels.

5. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Zeus/Jupiter.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?

2. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?

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

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

5. Why were the gods worshiped?

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