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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when King Minos locked this inventor up in his own labyrinth?
(a) The inventor and his son jumped out of the window, with parachutes attached to their backs.
(b) The inventor constructed wings for him and his son Icarus to fly away.
(c) The inventor poisoned the guards, so he and his son escaped.
(d) Using an invisibility cloak, he snuck himself and his son out of the labyrinth.

2. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Zeus/Jupiter.
(c) Zeus/Neptune.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

3. The Titan called Cronus fought his father and took his power. Fearing that his children would do the same when they grew up, what did he do to each newborn baby?
(a) He buried it.
(b) He suffocated it.
(c) He poisoned it.
(d) He swallowed it.

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

5. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.
(a) The sick.
(b) The defenseless.
(c) The poor.
(d) Children.

6. 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) Eighth.
(c) Second.
(d) Sixth.

7. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?
(a) The gods did not create the universe or the world.
(b) The gods had different personalities.
(c) The gods are more powerful than man.
(d) The gods were not kind to mankind.

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) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

9. How did the Greek gods act?
(a) In a very god-like manner.
(b) In a very odd manner.
(c) In a very human manner.
(d) Very kindly.

10. 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) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Delphi.

11. 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.

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

13. 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) Egypt.
(b) Siam.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Arabia.

14. In one version of the story of the creation of man, the gods created different races of men based on _________.
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Wood.
(d) Metals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.

4. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?

5. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?

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