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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. Agamemnon had sacrificed whom to Artemis in order to set sail for Troy?
(a) His niece.
(b) His own daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His neighbor.

2. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white strawberries.
(b) The white poinsettia leaves.
(c) The white apple.
(d) The white mulberry berries.

3. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.
(a) Cercops.
(b) Oppian.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Homer.

4. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Zeus/Jupiter.
(c) Poseidon/Neptune.
(d) Hera/Juno.

5. To whom was Helen married?
(a) King Menelaus of Sparta.
(b) King Midas of Athens.
(c) King Theseus of Athens.
(d) King Perseus of Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Atreus' children?

2. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.

3. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.

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

5. According to the Greeks, in the beginning there was only __________.

(see the answer key)

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