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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. The Horn of Plenty, or the Cornucopia, was magically always full of what?
(a) Fruit and flowers.
(b) Wildlife.
(c) Music.
(d) Food.

2. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(b) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.
(c) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.
(d) Orpheus must never touch her.

3. Heroes who were chosen by the ________________ to go to Valhalla after death would also fight in this battle.
(a) Vishnus.
(b) Valhallias.
(c) Valkyries.
(d) Violettes.

4. The Titan called Cronus fought his father and took his power. Fearing that his children would do the same when they grew up, what did he do to each newborn baby?
(a) He poisoned it.
(b) He swallowed it.
(c) He suffocated it.
(d) He buried it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.

2. Aurora, goddess of ___________, loved a mortal named Tithonus.

3. How did the Greek gods act?

4. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

5. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?

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