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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.
(a) Names.
(b) Personalities.
(c) Attributes.
(d) Jobs.

2. How was Achilles killed by Paris?
(a) Paris shot Achilles in the heart with an arrow.
(b) Paris shot an arrow into Achilles' heel.
(c) Paris stabbed him in the heart.
(d) Paris stabbed Achilles' heel with his sword.

3. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.
(a) Claiming his wife.
(b) Claiming his property.
(c) Claiming his daughter.
(d) Claiming his slave-girl.

4. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.
(a) Aratus.
(b) Automedon.
(c) Aristeas.
(d) Aegeus.

5. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.
(a) Athena/Minerva.
(b) Hades/Pluto.
(c) Poseidon/Neptune.
(d) Hera/Juno.

6. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.
(a) A storm at sea.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A chariot accident.
(d) A flood.

7. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Barnabe.
(b) Bellerophon.
(c) Bion of Smyrna
(d) Babrius.

8. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A mulberry tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A spruce tree.

9. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.
(a) Horse.
(b) Lion.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Tiger.

10. Atalanta was raised by ____________ and became a great huntress.
(a) A she-tiger.
(b) A she-bear.
(c) A she-wolf.
(d) A she-fox.

11. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Their religious leaders.
(c) The gods.
(d) Their neighbors.

12. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
(a) He was evil.
(b) He was framed for the killing of his family.
(c) He was tortured into killing them.
(d) Hera had put him under a spell.

13. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Diogenes'.
(b) Aristophanes'.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Prometheus'.

14. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) The Romans' images.
(b) Their own.
(c) The leaders' images.
(d) No one's image.

15. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.
(a) Artemis/Aphrodite.
(b) Diana/Venus.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Aphrodite/Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.

2. How did the Greek gods act?

3. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.

4. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?

5. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

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