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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The House of Atreus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A spruce tree.
(c) A pine tree.
(d) A mulberry tree.

2. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

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

4. 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) Second.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Fourth.

5. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(a) Novelist.
(b) Singer.
(c) Musician.
(d) Poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. This story is very different from the other myths in the book for ____________ reasons.

2. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.

3. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.

4. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.

5. Pelops then refused to honor his bribe and killed Myrtilus, who _____________.

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