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

2. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.
(a) Theogony.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Meogony.
(d) Theology.

3. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.
(a) Morality and justice.
(b) God and heaven.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Birth and death.

4. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
(a) Ovid.
(b) Pindar.
(c) Elephantis.
(d) Odysseus.

5. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?
(a) She saved her.
(b) She hid her.
(c) She killed her.
(d) She tortured her.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

2. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?

3. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.

4. Otus and Ephialtes were ___________ who wanted to prove that they were the equals of the gods.

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

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