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

2. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?
(a) Their egos.
(b) Their physical weakness.
(c) Their empathy for mankind.
(d) Their intelligence.

3. The teeth turned into ______, who fought until five remained?
(a) Armed warriors.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Little dragons.
(d) Ninjas.

4. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.
(a) Tiber.
(b) Tronto.
(c) Tagliamento.
(d) Tesino.

5. Oedipus saved the city from _____________, a monster that asked riddles of travelers who passed by.
(a) The Gargoyle.
(b) The Lynx.
(c) The Succubus.
(d) The Sphinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.

2. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?

3. Theseus became a good and just king of _________ and took part in many more adventures, such as the Calydonian Boar hunt and the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths.

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

5. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?

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