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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.
(a) Artemis.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemisia.

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

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

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

5. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Apollo.

6. When a Trojan prince called Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between three goddesses, who bribed him with the offer of the most beautiful woman in the world?
(a) Athena.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

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

8. 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.

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

10. To whom was Helen married?
(a) King Theseus of Athens.
(b) King Perseus of Sparta.
(c) King Midas of Athens.
(d) King Menelaus of Sparta.

11. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Theogony.
(c) Meogony.
(d) Theology.

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

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

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

15. On Perseus' return, he flew over _____________ where the maiden Andromeda was being sacrificed to a sea-monster to appease the anger of the sea-god and his nymphs.
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Arabia.
(d) Siam.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.

2. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.

3. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

5. 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.

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