View a FREE sample

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

2. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?
(a) Their parents.
(b) The gods.
(c) Their religious leaders.
(d) Their neighbors.

3. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.
(a) Artemis/Diana.
(b) Athena/Minerva.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Aphrodite/Venus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

5. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 249 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample