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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. Sigurd won Brynhild by doing what?
(a) Solving a riddle the fastest.
(b) Being the most deserved man for her.
(c) Crossing a ring of fire to awaken her from her enchanted sleep.
(d) Beating everyone else in a foot race.

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

3. Important themes in the myths connected to the House of Thebes include the importance of proper respect for the gods, and the importance of ________,
(a) Human life.
(b) Respect for one's elders.
(c) Love.
(d) Proper burial.

4. Later, Midas was given ___________ by Apollo for siding with Pan instead of Apollo in a music contest.
(a) Asses' ears.
(b) A pig's snout.
(c) A pig's tail.
(d) Elephant ears.

5. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Angels.
(b) Devils.
(c) Godfather.
(d) Titans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erysichthon was punished for cutting down a tree that was sacred to what goddess?

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

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

4. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .

5. This chapter gives brief summaries of _______________ more myths.

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