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

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

3. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?
(a) She was Venus' younger sister.
(b) She was more wealthy.
(c) She was more powerful.
(d) She was young and beautiful.

4. 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 not ever look upon her.
(d) Orpheus must never touch her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

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

4. When Odysseus blinded the Cyclops, he angered whom?

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

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