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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two. The Quest of the Golden Fleece, and Four Great Adventures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.
(b) Orpheus must never touch her.
(c) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(d) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.

2. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Bellerophon.
(b) Babrius.
(c) Barnabe.
(d) Bion of Smyrna

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.
(a) A car accident.
(b) A flood.
(c) A chariot accident.
(d) A storm at sea.

4. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Callinus.
(b) Cronus.
(c) Crispus.
(d) Cromagden.

5. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?

2. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.

3. The Titan called Cronus fought his father and took his power. Fearing that his children would do the same when they grew up, what did he do to each newborn baby?

4. Who was Medea?

5. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.

(see the answer key)

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