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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.
(a) Gnaeus.
(b) Gaetulicus.
(c) Gallus.
(d) Galatea.

2. Otus and Ephialtes were ___________ who wanted to prove that they were the equals of the gods.
(a) Giants.
(b) Elves.
(c) Dwarves.
(d) Chimaera.

3. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .
(a) Youth.
(b) Nature.
(c) Animals.
(d) Man.

4. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.
(a) Medea.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Hades.
(d) Hercules.

5. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?
(a) Buried Zeus before his father could find him.
(b) Poisoned Cronus.
(c) Fed Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead of Zeus.
(d) Fed Zeus to her husband.

6. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Cronus.
(b) Callinus.
(c) Crispus.
(d) Cromagden.

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

8. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.
(a) Corinthian.
(b) Homeric.
(c) Spartan.
(d) Trajan.

9. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.
(a) Selene.
(b) Severus.
(c) Serenus.
(d) Sabinus.

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

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

12. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) Hera.
(b) A mortal woman.
(c) A nymph.
(d) Athena.

13. Theseus saved Athens from the cruelty of _______________, who demanded a tribute of seven maidens and seven young men every nine years to feed to the Minotaur.
(a) King Mimnermus of Crete.
(b) King Moschus of Crete.
(c) King Midas of Crete.
(d) King Minos of Crete.

14. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Plagues.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Disasters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.

2. To whom was Helen married?

3. The story of the Trojan War was ______________ important and popular myths of the Greeks, and one which every educated Greek and Roman would have been familiar with.

4. The inventor warned his son ______________.

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

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