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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The Royal House of Athens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.
(a) Children.
(b) The poor.
(c) The sick.
(d) The defenseless.

2. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His own mother.
(d) His aunt.

3. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape?
(a) Agathias.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Adaeus.
(d) Aeschylus,

4. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.
(a) Atlas.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemisia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.

2. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.

3. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.

4. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.

5. The teeth turned into ______, who fought until five remained?

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