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

2. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Zeus/Jupiter.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

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 ____________.
(a) Galatea.
(b) Gnaeus.
(c) Gallus.
(d) Gaetulicus.

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

5. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.
(a) Barbaric.
(b) God-like.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Displeasing and dishonoring the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.

2. Why were the gods worshiped?

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

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

5. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

(see the answer key)

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