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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. How was Achilles killed by Paris?
(a) Paris stabbed Achilles' heel with his sword.
(b) Paris stabbed him in the heart.
(c) Paris shot Achilles in the heart with an arrow.
(d) Paris shot an arrow into Achilles' heel.

2. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?
(a) By tricking Talus.
(b) By calling the hounds of Hades to help.
(c) By calling for her mother.
(d) By hiding them in an enchanted tree.

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

4. The inventor warned his son ______________.
(a) To not run too fast.
(b) To not fly too close to the sun.
(c) To not go too far away from him.
(d) To not become too sure of his safety.

5. 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) Gaetulicus.
(b) Gallus.
(c) Gnaeus.
(d) Galatea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?

2. On Perseus' return, he flew over _____________ where the maiden Andromeda was being sacrificed to a sea-monster to appease the anger of the sea-god and his nymphs.

3. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

4. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?

5. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?

(see the answer key)

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