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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. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.
(a) Ares.
(b) Atreus.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Aphrodite.

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

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

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

5. What do these myths show?
(a) How cruel the gods could sometimes be.
(b) How loving the gods could sometimes be.
(c) How forgetful the gods could sometimes be.
(d) How self-indulgent the gods could sometimes be.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?

2. When they reached home, Medea helped Jason take revenge on whom?

3. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.

4. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?

5. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?

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