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

2. 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.

3. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?
(a) As a way of understanding the world.
(b) As a way of connecting to the gods.
(c) As a way of teaching moral lessons.
(d) As a way of understanding the heavens.

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Poseidon/Neptune.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Hades/Pluto.

5. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Second.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Eighth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .

2. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.

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

4. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

5. Why were the gods worshiped?

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