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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. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.
(a) Artemis/Diana.
(b) Diana/Venus.
(c) Aphrodite/Venus.
(d) Artemis/Aphrodite.

2. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.
(a) Aphrodite/Venus.
(b) Artemis/Diana.
(c) Athena/Minerva.
(d) Hera/Juno.

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

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

5. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.
(a) Zeus/Jupiter.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Zeus/Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.

3. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.

4. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.

5. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?

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