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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' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.
(a) Epic.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Short.
(d) Idyll.

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

3. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.
(a) Nightingale.
(b) Whippoorwhill.
(c) Robin.
(d) Cricket.

4. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.
(a) Gaetulicus.
(b) Gnaeus.
(c) Galatea.
(d) Gallus.

5. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?
(a) One's neighbors and the gods.
(b) One's family.
(c) Oneself.
(d) The gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form did Tereus take?

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

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

4. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?

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

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