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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The House of Atreus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) A mortal woman.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) A nymph.

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

3. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) All but one ship.
(b) All of them.
(c) One.
(d) All but two ships.

4. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?
(a) Other men in small militias.
(b) Other men, alone.
(c) Other men as part of an army.
(d) Monsters and strange creatures as part of an army.

5. To what did Atalanta challenge all her suitors?
(a) A hotdog eating contest that she knew she would win.
(b) A foot race that she knew she would win.
(c) A jousting tournament that she knew she would win.
(d) A race on horseback that she knew she would win.

Short Answer Questions

1. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.

2. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.

3. Theseus saved Athens from the cruelty of _______________, who demanded a tribute of seven maidens and seven young men every nine years to feed to the Minotaur.

4. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?

5. This bad luck began with Tantalus, who served up his own son at a banquet for the gods, perhaps to do what?

(see the answer key)

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