1. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white poinsettia leaves.
(b) The white mulberry berries.
(c) The white strawberries.
(d) The white apple.

2. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.
(a) Touch him.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Look upon him.
(d) Speak his name.

3. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.
(b) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(c) Orpheus must never touch her.
(d) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.

4. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The body.
(b) The mind.
(c) The heart.
(d) The soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.

3. According to the Greeks, in the beginning there was only __________.

4. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?

5. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

(see the answer key)

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