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

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

3. 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.

4. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Titans.
(b) Godfather.
(c) Devils.
(d) Angels.

5. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Prometheus'.
(b) Aristophanes'.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Diogenes'.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.

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. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

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

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

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