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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. Whom did Atreus kill and serve for dinner?
(a) Thyestes' children.
(b) Hera's children.
(c) His own children.
(d) Princess Hippodamia's children.

2. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.
(a) Aristeas.
(b) Automedon.
(c) Aegeus.
(d) Aratus.

3. Who composed the Odyssey?
(a) The Roman bard Plato.
(b) The Greek bard Plato.
(c) The Roman bard Homer.
(d) The Greek bard Homer.

4. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?
(a) King Aeetes of Colchis.
(b) King Tut of Egypt.
(c) King Titan of Colchis.
(d) King Nguyen of Siam.

5. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?

3. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).

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

5. Why were the gods worshiped?

(see the answer key)

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