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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. 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) Fourth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Sixth.

2. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.
(a) Zeus/Jupiter.
(b) Zeus/Neptune.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

3. On Perseus' return, he flew over _____________ where the maiden Andromeda was being sacrificed to a sea-monster to appease the anger of the sea-god and his nymphs.
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Arabia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Siam.

4. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?
(a) Psyche was always helped by sympathetic creatures.
(b) Psyche ignored Venus' tasks.
(c) Psyche was unable to complete them.
(d) Psyche could easily complete them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?

3. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?

4. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

5. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.

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