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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. The two sisters escaped, but Tereus pursued them. The gods turned them all into what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Insects.
(c) Mammals.
(d) Reptiles.

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

3. Creüsa was raped by what god?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Apollo.

4. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Their religious leaders.
(c) Their neighbors.
(d) The gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?

3. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.

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 ____________.

5. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

(see the answer key)

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