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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. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?
(a) Psyche ignored Venus' tasks.
(b) Psyche was unable to complete them.
(c) Psyche was always helped by sympathetic creatures.
(d) Psyche could easily complete them.

2. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.
(a) Aegeus.
(b) Aristeas.
(c) Automedon.
(d) Aratus.

3. The Titan called Cronus fought his father and took his power. Fearing that his children would do the same when they grew up, what did he do to each newborn baby?
(a) He buried it.
(b) He poisoned it.
(c) He swallowed it.
(d) He suffocated it.

4. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?
(a) The gods had created the burial ceremony.
(b) Without a burial, the dead could not get to Mt. Olympus.
(c) Burial rites were incredibly important in ancient Greece.
(d) The gods did not like to see death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.

2. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.

3. How did the Greek gods act?

4. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.

5. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.

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