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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six. The Less Important Myths - Midas and Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Hades/Pluto.

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

3. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?
(a) She tortured her.
(b) She hid her.
(c) She killed her.
(d) She saved her.

4. Creüsa was raped by what god?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

5. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.
(a) Horses.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

2. Later, Midas was given ___________ by Apollo for siding with Pan instead of Apollo in a music contest.

3. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.

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

5. The inventor warned his son ______________.

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