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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. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.
(a) A Greek.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A neighbor.

2. Minerva beat Arachne for her insolence and destroyed her work. What did Arachne do?
(a) She stabbed herself with her lute.
(b) She jumped off the edge of a cliff.
(c) She hanged herself.
(d) She went into exile.

3. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The mind.
(b) The heart.
(c) The soul.
(d) The body.

4. To what did Atalanta challenge all her suitors?
(a) A race on horseback that she knew she would win.
(b) A hotdog eating contest that she knew she would win.
(c) A jousting tournament that she knew she would win.
(d) A foot race that she knew she would win.

5. Chiron was a wise and noble ______________ who looked after and trained heroes.
(a) Nymph.
(b) Elf.
(c) Centaur.
(d) Satyr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.

2. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.

3. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.

4. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

5. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.

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