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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Trajan.
(c) Homeric.
(d) Spartan.

2. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.
(a) Athena/Minerva.
(b) Artemis/Diana.
(c) Aphrodite/Venus.
(d) Hera/Juno.

3. 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) Galatea.
(c) Gallus.
(d) Gaetulicus.

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

5. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.
(a) Juno and Pluto.
(b) Jupiter and Mercury.
(c) Jupiter and Juno.
(d) Mars and Mercury.

6. 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) Dragon.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Lion.
(d) Horse.

7. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Sixth.

8. Theseus became a good and just king of _________ and took part in many more adventures, such as the Calydonian Boar hunt and the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths.
(a) Delphi.
(b) Athens.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Rome.

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

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

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

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

13. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.
(a) A huge wooden horse.
(b) One last bloody battle.
(c) An expensive bribe.
(d) A sacrifice to the gods.

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

15. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Zeus/Jupiter.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?

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

3. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?

4. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

5. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?

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