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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. 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) Galatea.
(b) Gaetulicus.
(c) Gallus.
(d) Gnaeus.

2. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white mulberry berries.
(b) The white strawberries.
(c) The white poinsettia leaves.
(d) The white apple.

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

4. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A spruce tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A mulberry tree.

5. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) One.
(b) All but one ship.
(c) All but two ships.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.

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

5. What form did Tereus take?

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