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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. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.
(a) Artemis/Diana.
(b) Athena/Diana.
(c) Diana/Minerva.
(d) Athena/Minerva.

2. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Sixth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Eighth.

3. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.
(a) Zeus/Jupiter.
(b) Zeus/Neptune.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

4. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The heart.
(b) The body.
(c) The mind.
(d) The soul.

5. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Disasters.
(b) Children.
(c) Plagues.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.

3. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?

4. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?

5. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.

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