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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. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Diogenes'.
(b) Zeus'.
(c) Prometheus'.
(d) Aristophanes'.

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

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

4. These two sisters had __________ nieces.
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. When they reached home, Medea helped Jason take revenge on whom?
(a) Pelias, his father's murderer.
(b) Phanocles, his mother's murderer .
(c) Phemonoe, his brother's murderer.
(d) Polyeidosis, his sister's murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

2. Important themes in the myths connected to the House of Thebes include the importance of proper respect for the gods, and the importance of ________,

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

4. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?

5. In one version of the story of the creation of man, the gods created different races of men based on _________.

(see the answer key)

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