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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. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.
(a) Morality and justice.
(b) Birth and death.
(c) The Bible.
(d) God and heaven.

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

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

4. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.
(a) Nature.
(b) Animals.
(c) God.
(d) Man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.

2. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?

3. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

4. After escaping from Troy, Aeneas traveled with whom to find a new home?

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

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