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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven. The Mythology of the Norsemen - The Stories of Signy and of Sigurd, and The Norse Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ was a beautiful nymph who was loved by a sea god called Glaucus.
(a) Sigbin.
(b) Sceadugenga.
(c) Syragh.
(d) Scylla.

2. Pelops' sons Atreus and Thyestes quarreled over Thyestes' affair with whom?
(a) Princess Hippodamia.
(b) Hera.
(c) Atreus' wife.
(d) Their mother.

3. This story is very different from the other myths in the book for ____________ reasons.
(a) Very few.
(b) Several.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. Aurora, goddess of ___________, loved a mortal named Tithonus.
(a) The evening.
(b) The dawn.
(c) Dusk.
(d) The night.

5. Norse mythology had a surprisingly _________________ side.
(a) Scary.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Adventurous.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Norse mythology, Odin was the ______________ and king of the gods.

2. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.

3. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.

4. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.

5. Where were the murdering women punished?

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