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

2. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?
(a) Their neighbors.
(b) Their religious leaders.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The gods.

3. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Zeus/Jupiter.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Poseidon/Neptune.
(d) Hades/Pluto.

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

5. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Look upon him.
(d) Speak his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.

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. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.

4. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .

5. What happened when King Minos locked this inventor up in his own labyrinth?

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