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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. 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 car accident.
(b) A chariot accident.
(c) A storm at sea.
(d) A flood.

2. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?
(a) Fed Zeus to her husband.
(b) Fed Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead of Zeus.
(c) Buried Zeus before his father could find him.
(d) Poisoned Cronus.

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

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

5. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
(a) Hera had put him under a spell.
(b) He was framed for the killing of his family.
(c) He was tortured into killing them.
(d) He was evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Atalanta was raised by ____________ and became a great huntress.

2. There are _______ different versions of the story of the creation of man.

3. 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 ____________.

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

5. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .

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