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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. Oedipus saved the city from _____________, a monster that asked riddles of travelers who passed by.
(a) The Lynx.
(b) The Sphinx.
(c) The Gargoyle.
(d) The Succubus.

2. Why did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a very special hero?
(a) Mortals were not allowed to visit the underworld; this was a place for only the gods.
(b) Most mortals had no interest in going to the underworld.
(c) Only a few mortals in the Greek myths went to the underworld and returned.
(d) Only a few mortals made it to the underworld.

3. Important themes in the myths connected to the House of Thebes include the importance of proper respect for the gods, and the importance of ________,
(a) Respect for one's elders.
(b) Human life.
(c) Proper burial.
(d) Love.

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Hera/Juno.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.

2. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.

3. Erysichthon was punished for cutting down a tree that was sacred to what goddess?

4. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.

5. Queen Amata, the king's wife, was not happy with this and neither was Turnus, the Rutulian king. Why was Turnus not happy about this?

(see the answer key)

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