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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. Creüsa was raped by what god?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Apollo.

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

3. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.
(a) A flood.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A storm at sea.
(d) A chariot accident.

4. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?
(a) Perseus.
(b) Erectheus.
(c) Philomela.
(d) Theseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In one version of the story of the creation of man, the gods created different races of men based on _________.

2. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the ______ century BC.

3. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.

4. What did Jocasta and Oedipus do when they realized they were mother and son?

5. The story of Agamemnon shows how terrible acts could cause what?

(see the answer key)

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