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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(a) Singer.
(b) Poet.
(c) Musician.
(d) Novelist.

2. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) The leaders' images.
(b) Their own.
(c) The Romans' images.
(d) No one's image.

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

4. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
(a) He was tortured into killing them.
(b) He was evil.
(c) Hera had put him under a spell.
(d) He was framed for the killing of his family.

5. 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) Using an invisibility cloak, he snuck himself and his son out of the labyrinth.
(c) The inventor poisoned the guards, so he and his son escaped.
(d) The inventor constructed wings for him and his son Icarus to fly away.

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) Lion.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Horse.

7. 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.

8. 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) Gallus.
(b) Gnaeus.
(c) Gaetulicus.
(d) Galatea.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Sixth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Medea?

2. 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?

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

4. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

5. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?

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