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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. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.
(a) Perseus.
(b) Erectheus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Philomela.

2. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

3. 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) Turned them against each other.
(d) Killed her.

4. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.
(a) Tyrtaeus.
(b) Theocritus.
(c) Theodectes.
(d) Tieresias.

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. Creüsa was raped by what god?

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

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

4. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?

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

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