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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Galatea.
(d) Gaetulicus.

2. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.
(a) Personalities.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Attributes.
(d) Names.

3. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape?
(a) Aeschylus,
(b) Adaeus.
(c) Agathias.
(d) Aeneas.

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

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

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

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

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

9. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Erinna.
(c) Arion.
(d) Cercidas.

10. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

11. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Babrius.
(b) Bellerophon.
(c) Barnabe.
(d) Bion of Smyrna

12. The main gods, or ______________, lived on Mount Olympus.
(a) Olympians.
(b) Olympusians.
(c) Olymps.
(d) Athletes.

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

14. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.
(a) Claiming his wife.
(b) Claiming his slave-girl.
(c) Claiming his daughter.
(d) Claiming his property.

15. 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 suffocated it.
(b) He swallowed it.
(c) He buried it.
(d) He poisoned it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?

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

3. Atalanta was raised by ____________ and became a great huntress.

4. There are _______ different versions of the story of the creation of man.

5. To what did Atalanta challenge all her suitors?

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