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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One. How the World and Mankind Were Created, and The Earliest Heroes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Devils.
(b) Godfather.
(c) Titans.
(d) Angels.

2. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.
(a) Nature.
(b) Animals.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

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

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

5. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.
(a) Meogony.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Theogony.
(d) Theology.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

2. The main gods, or ______________, lived on Mount Olympus.

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

4. How did the Greek gods act?

5. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?

(see the answer key)

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