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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. When Odysseus blinded the Cyclops, he angered whom?
(a) The monster's father, Poseidon.
(b) The monster's uncle, Poseidon.
(c) The monster's brother, Poseidon.
(d) The monster's cousin, Poseidon.

2. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.
(a) Took him away for herself.
(b) Killed him.
(c) Killed her.
(d) Turned them against each other.

3. Who composed the Odyssey?
(a) The Roman bard Homer.
(b) The Roman bard Plato.
(c) The Greek bard Plato.
(d) The Greek bard Homer.

4. The two sisters escaped, but Tereus pursued them. The gods turned them all into what?
(a) Insects.
(b) Birds.
(c) Mammals.
(d) Reptiles.

5. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(b) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.
(c) Orpheus must never touch her.
(d) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?

2. Creüsa was raped by what god?

3. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?

4. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.

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

(see the answer key)

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