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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.
(a) Automedon.
(b) Aegeus.
(c) Aratus.
(d) Aristeas.

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

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

4. Phaёthon was the son of the Sun-god ____________.
(a) Helios.
(b) Hermesianax.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Apollo.

5. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.
(a) Artemis/Aphrodite.
(b) Aphrodite/Venus.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Diana/Venus.

6. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Xenophon.
(b) Parmenides.
(c) Gala.
(d) Ephesus.

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

8. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.
(a) Diana/Minerva.
(b) Athena/Diana.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Athena/Minerva.

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

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

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

12. To whom was Helen married?
(a) King Theseus of Athens.
(b) King Perseus of Sparta.
(c) King Menelaus of Sparta.
(d) King Midas of Athens.

13. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?
(a) King Aeetes of Colchis.
(b) King Tut of Egypt.
(c) King Nguyen of Siam.
(d) King Titan of Colchis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.

2. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.

3. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.

4. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.

5. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.

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