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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two. Cupid and Psyche, and Eight Brief Tales of Lovers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.
(a) Ovid.
(b) Oppian.
(c) Cercops.
(d) Homer.

2. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.
(a) Athena.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Apollo.

3. In one version of the story of the creation of man, the gods created different races of men based on _________.
(a) Metals.
(b) Food.
(c) Wood.
(d) Music.

4. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Cronus.
(b) Crispus.
(c) Cromagden.
(d) Callinus.

5. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Second.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Greek gods act?

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

3. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?

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

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

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