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

2. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.
(a) Corinthian.
(b) Homeric.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Spartan.

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

4. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Babrius.
(b) Barnabe.
(c) Bion of Smyrna
(d) Bellerophon.

5. Phaёthon was the son of the Sun-god ____________.
(a) Agathon.
(b) Helios.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hermesianax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

2. To whom was Helen married?

3. To what did Atalanta challenge all her suitors?

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

5. 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.

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