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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. 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 ____________.
(a) Gnaeus.
(b) Galatea.
(c) Gaetulicus.
(d) Gallus.

2. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?
(a) A plague.
(b) A great snow storm.
(c) A swarm of locusts.
(d) A great flood.

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

4. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) A mulberry tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) A spruce tree.

5. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.
(a) Nature.
(b) Animals.
(c) God.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

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

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

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