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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. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) A mortal woman.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) A nymph.

2. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.
(a) God.
(b) Man.
(c) Animals.
(d) Nature.

3. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.
(a) Hades.
(b) Medea.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Hercules.

4. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.
(b) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(c) Orpheus must never touch her.
(d) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.

2. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.

3. 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.

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.

5. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?

(see the answer key)

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