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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hercules was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) A mortal woman.
(b) Athena.
(c) A nymph.
(d) Hera.

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

3. 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 run too fast.
(d) To not fly too close to the sun.

4. To what did Atalanta challenge all her suitors?
(a) A jousting tournament that she knew she would win.
(b) A hotdog eating contest that she knew she would win.
(c) A race on horseback that she knew she would win.
(d) A foot race that she knew she would win.

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

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

7. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?
(a) Fed Zeus to her husband.
(b) Buried Zeus before his father could find him.
(c) Fed Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead of Zeus.
(d) Poisoned Cronus.

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

9. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.
(a) A huge wooden horse.
(b) One last bloody battle.
(c) An expensive bribe.
(d) A sacrifice to the gods.

10. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?
(a) The gods had created the burial ceremony.
(b) Burial rites were incredibly important in ancient Greece.
(c) Without a burial, the dead could not get to Mt. Olympus.
(d) The gods did not like to see death.

11. How was Achilles killed by Paris?
(a) Paris shot Achilles in the heart with an arrow.
(b) Paris stabbed Achilles' heel with his sword.
(c) Paris stabbed him in the heart.
(d) Paris shot an arrow into Achilles' heel.

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

13. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Devils.
(b) Titans.
(c) Angels.
(d) Godfather.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.

2. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?

3. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.

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

5. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom?

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