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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three. The Great Heroes before the Trojan War - Perseus, Theseus, Hercules and Atalanta.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In one version of the story of the creation of man, the gods created different races of men based on _________.
(a) Wood.
(b) Music.
(c) Metals.
(d) Food.

3. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?
(a) The gods are more powerful than man.
(b) The gods had different personalities.
(c) The gods were not kind to mankind.
(d) The gods did not create the universe or the world.

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

5. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white poinsettia leaves.
(b) The white mulberry berries.
(c) The white strawberries.
(d) The white apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

2. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.

3. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.

4. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.

5. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.

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