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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. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.
(a) Conga.
(b) Caliope.
(c) Calypso.
(d) Caliente.

2. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.
(a) Speak his name.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Look upon him.

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

4. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Cromagden.
(b) Cronus.
(c) Callinus.
(d) Crispus.

5. Why were the gods worshiped?
(a) Because of their power.
(b) Because they were very convincing.
(c) Because of their wisdom.
(d) Because they were loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Achilles killed by Paris?

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

3. When a Trojan prince called Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between three goddesses, who bribed him with the offer of the most beautiful woman in the world?

4. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

5. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.

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