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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) Artemisia.
(b) Athena.
(c) Atlas.
(d) Artemis.

2. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) The leaders' images.
(b) Their own.
(c) No one's image.
(d) The Romans' images.

3. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?
(a) The gods had different personalities.
(b) The gods did not create the universe or the world.
(c) The gods are more powerful than man.
(d) The gods were not kind to mankind.

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

5. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.
(a) Artemis/Diana.
(b) Athena/Diana.
(c) Athena/Minerva.
(d) Diana/Minerva.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.

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

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

5. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?

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