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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. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.
(a) Diana/Venus.
(b) Artemis/Aphrodite.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Aphrodite/Venus.

2. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?
(a) Psyche was always helped by sympathetic creatures.
(b) Psyche ignored Venus' tasks.
(c) Psyche was unable to complete them.
(d) Psyche could easily complete them.

3. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.
(a) Atlas.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Artemisia.

4. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) No one's image.
(b) The Romans' images.
(c) Their own.
(d) The leaders' images.

5. The Titan called Cronus fought his father and took his power. Fearing that his children would do the same when they grew up, what did he do to each newborn baby?
(a) He poisoned it.
(b) He swallowed it.
(c) He suffocated it.
(d) He buried it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?

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

3. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

4. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.

5. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.

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