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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. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?
(a) Her neighbor Aegisthus.
(b) His cousin Aegisthus.
(c) Her brother-in-law Aegisthus.
(d) Her cousin Aegisthus.

2. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .
(a) Youth.
(b) Nature.
(c) Man.
(d) Animals.

3. Who was Medea?
(a) Aeetes' daughter.
(b) Nguyen's sister.
(c) Tut's neice.
(d) Titan's wife.

4. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.
(a) Juno.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Mercury.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

2. This son was worshiped afterward by the Greeks and the Romans as what?

3. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.

4. 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?

5. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.

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