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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. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.
(a) Caliope.
(b) Conga.
(c) Calypso.
(d) Caliente.

2. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.
(a) Claiming his slave-girl.
(b) Claiming his daughter.
(c) Claiming his property.
(d) Claiming his wife.

3. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.
(a) Athena.
(b) Artemisia.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Atlas.

4. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.
(a) Selene.
(b) Sabinus.
(c) Severus.
(d) Serenus.

5. 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) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Sixth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Phaёthon was the son of the Sun-god ____________.

2. This story is very different from the other myths in the book for ____________ reasons.

3. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.

4. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.

5. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?

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