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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 and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) One.
(b) All of them.
(c) All but two ships.
(d) All but one ship.

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

3. Queen Amata, the king's wife, was not happy with this and neither was Turnus, the Rutulian king. Why was Turnus not happy about this?
(a) He was in love with Queen Amata.
(b) He did not like the stranger.
(c) He did not like Greeks.
(d) He wanted Lavinia for himself.

4. How was Achilles killed by Paris?
(a) Paris shot an arrow into Achilles' heel.
(b) Paris stabbed him in the heart.
(c) Paris stabbed Achilles' heel with his sword.
(d) Paris shot Achilles in the heart with an arrow.

5. Queen __________ welcomed Aeneas' group.
(a) Deloris.
(b) Diana.
(c) Dido.
(d) Delacroix.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.

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

3. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.

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

5. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.

(see the answer key)

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