1. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Displeasing and dishonoring the gods.
(c) Powerful.
(d) God-like.

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

3. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Callinus.
(b) Cronus.
(c) Cromagden.
(d) Crispus.

4. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.
(a) Homer.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Oppian.
(d) Cercops.

5. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.
(a) Sabinus.
(b) Serenus.
(c) Selene.
(d) Severus.

Short Answer 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 ____________.

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

3. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.

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

5. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.

(see the answer key)

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