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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 look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(b) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.
(c) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.
(d) Orpheus must never touch her.

2. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.
(a) God-like.
(b) Displeasing and dishonoring the gods.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Barbaric.

3. 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.

4. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Gala.
(b) Parmenides.
(c) Ephesus.
(d) Xenophon.

5. 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?
(a) He buried it.
(b) He suffocated it.
(c) He swallowed it.
(d) He poisoned it.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.

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

3. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.

4. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?

5. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

(see the answer key)

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