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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. Orithyia's two sons were heroes who accompanied ____________ on his voyage.
(a) Jason.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Odysseus.

2. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.
(a) Philomela.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Erectheus.
(d) Theseus.

3. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?
(a) A swarm of locusts.
(b) A plague.
(c) A great snow storm.
(d) A great flood.

4. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.
(a) A Greek.
(b) A stranger.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Her cousin.

5. How did this beautiful nymph feel about Glaucus?
(a) Unsure.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Attracted.
(d) Repulsed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.

2. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

3. Agamemnon had sacrificed whom to Artemis in order to set sail for Troy?

4. When Odysseus blinded the Cyclops, he angered whom?

5. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?

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