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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. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The body.
(b) The soul.
(c) The heart.
(d) The mind.

2. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Cows.
(d) Chickens.

3. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?
(a) She was more powerful.
(b) She was Venus' younger sister.
(c) She was young and beautiful.
(d) She was more wealthy.

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

5. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.
(a) Speak his name.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Look upon him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.

2. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?

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

4. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.

5. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.

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