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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. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) A spruce tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A mulberry tree.
(d) A pine tree.

2. Perseus was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Venus.
(d) A mortal woman.

3. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Cromagden.
(b) Crispus.
(c) Cronus.
(d) Callinus.

4. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .
(a) Nature.
(b) Animals.
(c) Man.
(d) Youth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?

2. How did the Greek gods act?

3. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?

4. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.

5. Phaёthon was the son of the Sun-god ____________.

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