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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orithyia was carried away against her will by whom?
(a) The god of the West Wind, Boreas.
(b) The god of the East Wind, Boreas.
(c) The god of the South Wind, Boreas.
(d) The god of the North Wind, Boreas.

2. What do these myths show?
(a) How cruel the gods could sometimes be.
(b) How forgetful the gods could sometimes be.
(c) How loving the gods could sometimes be.
(d) How self-indulgent the gods could sometimes be.

3. Orithyia's two sons were heroes who accompanied ____________ on his voyage.
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Jason.
(d) Odysseus.

4. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) A mulberry tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) A spruce tree.

5. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.
(a) Nightingale.
(b) Robin.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Whippoorwhill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.

2. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?

3. 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.

4. 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 ____________.

5. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?

(see the answer key)

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