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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?
(a) King Aeetes of Colchis.
(b) King Nguyen of Siam.
(c) King Tut of Egypt.
(d) King Titan of Colchis.

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

3. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.
(a) Nature.
(b) God.
(c) Animals.
(d) Man.

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

5. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The mind.
(b) The body.
(c) The heart.
(d) The soul.

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

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

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

9. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?
(a) Psyche ignored Venus' tasks.
(b) Psyche was unable to complete them.
(c) Psyche was always helped by sympathetic creatures.
(d) Psyche could easily complete them.

10. 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) Twenty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

11. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?
(a) By tricking Talus.
(b) By calling the hounds of Hades to help.
(c) By hiding them in an enchanted tree.
(d) By calling for her mother.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.

2. The inventor warned his son ______________.

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 ____________.

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

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

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