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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. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?
(a) His cousin Aegisthus.
(b) Her neighbor Aegisthus.
(c) Her cousin Aegisthus.
(d) Her brother-in-law Aegisthus.

2. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(a) Poet.
(b) Singer.
(c) Musician.
(d) Novelist.

3. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) A spruce tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) A mulberry tree.
(d) An oak tree.

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Zeus/Jupiter.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Poseidon/Neptune.
(d) Hades/Pluto.

5. What form did Tereus take?
(a) An ugly praying mantis.
(b) An ugly bird with a huge beak.
(c) An ugly bear.
(d) An ugly alligator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?

3. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.

4. Cadmus married _____________, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.

5. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

(see the answer key)

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