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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four. The Trojan War, and The Fall of Troy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) Their own.
(b) The leaders' images.
(c) The Romans' images.
(d) No one's image.

2. To whom was Helen married?
(a) King Midas of Athens.
(b) King Menelaus of Sparta.
(c) King Perseus of Sparta.
(d) King Theseus of Athens.

3. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.
(a) The defenseless.
(b) The poor.
(c) Children.
(d) The sick.

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.
(a) Tiger.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Lion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hercules undertook ______________ seemingly impossible tasks for King Eurystheus of Mycenae in order to punish and purify himself for the murder of his family.

2. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.

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. The story of the Trojan War was ______________ important and popular myths of the Greeks, and one which every educated Greek and Roman would have been familiar with.

5. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.

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