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

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

3. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.
(a) Athena/Minerva.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Hades/Pluto.
(d) Hera/Juno.

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

5. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(a) Singer.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Poet.
(d) Musician.

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. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.

3. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.

4. Why were the gods worshiped?

5. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?

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