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

2. According to the Greeks, in the beginning there was only __________.
(a) God.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Light.

3. How did the Greek gods act?
(a) In a very god-like manner.
(b) In a very human manner.
(c) In a very odd manner.
(d) Very kindly.

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

5. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Disasters.
(b) Children.
(c) Plagues.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.

2. Why were the gods worshiped?

3. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

4. The Titan called Cronus fought his father and took his power. Fearing that his children would do the same when they grew up, what did he do to each newborn baby?

5. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

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