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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. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Poseidon/Neptune.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Hades/Pluto.
(d) Zeus/Jupiter.

2. 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 chariot accident.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A flood.

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

4. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?
(a) She was Venus' younger sister.
(b) She was more powerful.
(c) She was more wealthy.
(d) She was young and beautiful.

5. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
(a) Ovid.
(b) Elephantis.
(c) Pindar.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?

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

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

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

5. How did the Greek gods act?

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