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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six. The Less Important Myths - Midas and Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cadmus married _____________, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.
(a) Harmony.
(b) Harmonia.
(c) Harmonious.
(d) Harmon.

2. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?
(a) The gods did not like to see death.
(b) The gods had created the burial ceremony.
(c) Burial rites were incredibly important in ancient Greece.
(d) Without a burial, the dead could not get to Mt. Olympus.

3. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

4. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?
(a) As a way of understanding the heavens.
(b) As a way of connecting to the gods.
(c) As a way of understanding the world.
(d) As a way of teaching moral lessons.

5. When Aeneas and his group arrived in Italy, they were greeted warmly by __________, the local king.
(a) Longitude.
(b) Latissimus.
(c) Latinus.
(d) Latitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. The two sisters escaped, but Tereus pursued them. The gods turned them all into what?

2. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

3. __________ was a beautiful nymph who was loved by a sea god called Glaucus.

4. Who composed the Odyssey?

5. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.

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