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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Medea?
(a) Tut's neice.
(b) Nguyen's sister.
(c) Aeetes' daughter.
(d) Titan's wife.

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

3. According to the Greeks, in the beginning there was only __________.
(a) Darkness.
(b) Light.
(c) Chaos.
(d) God.

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

5. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .
(a) Man.
(b) Youth.
(c) Animals.
(d) Nature.

6. 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.
(a) A storm at sea.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A flood.
(d) A chariot accident.

7. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?
(a) As a way of understanding the world.
(b) As a way of understanding the heavens.
(c) As a way of teaching moral lessons.
(d) As a way of connecting to the gods.

8. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Hades/Pluto.
(c) Athena/Minerva.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

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

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

11. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their egos.
(c) Their empathy for mankind.
(d) Their physical weakness.

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

13. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Plagues.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Disasters.

14. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.
(a) Powerful.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) God-like.
(d) Displeasing and dishonoring the gods.

15. 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) Galatea.
(c) Gaetulicus.
(d) Gnaeus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape?

3. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?

4. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.

5. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).

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