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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. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Sixth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

2. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?
(a) As a way of connecting to the gods.
(b) As a way of understanding the heavens.
(c) As a way of teaching moral lessons.
(d) As a way of understanding the world.

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

4. Atalanta was raised by ____________ and became a great huntress.
(a) A she-tiger.
(b) A she-wolf.
(c) A she-bear.
(d) A she-fox.

5. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.
(a) Cercidas.
(b) Erinna.
(c) Daedalus.
(d) Arion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?

2. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.

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

5. Who was Medea?

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