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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. Glaucus went to the witch Circe to ask for a love potion. How did Circe feel about the situation?
(a) Furious that Glaucus loved Scylla and not her.
(b) Worried that Glaucus would never be loved by the nymph.
(c) Happy that Glaucus asked her for help.
(d) Annoyed that Glaucus would waste her time on a love potion.

2. The inventor warned his son ______________.
(a) To not go too far away from him.
(b) To not become too sure of his safety.
(c) To not run too fast.
(d) To not fly too close to the sun.

3. Arachne claimed she could __________ better than the goddess Minerva.
(a) Dance.
(b) Weave.
(c) Play the lute.
(d) Sing.

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

5. These two sisters had __________ nieces.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.

2. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?

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

4. The society Aeneas founded would one day flourish into ___________.

5. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.

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