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

2. What form did Tereus take?
(a) An ugly bear.
(b) An ugly alligator.
(c) An ugly praying mantis.
(d) An ugly bird with a huge beak.

3. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.
(a) Wealthy, Greek.
(b) Powerful, Greek.
(c) Civilized, Greek.
(d) Intelligent, Greek.

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) Erectheus.
(b) Philomela.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Theseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?

2. What do these myths show?

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

4. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?

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

(see the answer key)

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