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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Ephesus.
(b) Xenophon.
(c) Gala.
(d) Parmenides.

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

3. The inventor warned his son ______________.
(a) To not go too far away from him.
(b) To not fly too close to the sun.
(c) To not become too sure of his safety.
(d) To not run too fast.

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

5. When they reached home, Medea helped Jason take revenge on whom?
(a) Phanocles, his mother's murderer .
(b) Pelias, his father's murderer.
(c) Polyeidosis, his sister's murderer.
(d) Phemonoe, his brother's murderer.

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) Artemis.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

7. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white apple.
(b) The white strawberries.
(c) The white poinsettia leaves.
(d) The white mulberry berries.

8. Hercules undertook ______________ seemingly impossible tasks for King Eurystheus of Mycenae in order to punish and purify himself for the murder of his family.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty.

9. There are _______ different versions of the story of the creation of man.
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

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

11. Why were the gods worshiped?
(a) Because they were very convincing.
(b) Because of their power.
(c) Because of their wisdom.
(d) Because they were loving.

12. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?
(a) Other men as part of an army.
(b) Monsters and strange creatures as part of an army.
(c) Other men, alone.
(d) Other men in small militias.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?

2. 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.

3. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .

4. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?

5. Perseus was the son of Zeus and whom?

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