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

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

3. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?
(a) Erectheus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Philomela.

4. Procne was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who fell in love with ______________ and tricked her into a marriage before cutting out her tongue and locking her up.
(a) Philomela.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Erectheus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.

3. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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