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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two. Cupid and Psyche, and Eight Brief Tales of Lovers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.
(a) A storm at sea.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A flood.
(d) A chariot accident.

4. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Gala.
(b) Ephesus.
(c) Parmenides.
(d) Xenophon.

5. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.
(a) Morality and justice.
(b) God and heaven.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Birth and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?

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

3. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.

4. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

5. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.

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