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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. Midas was a king rewarded by ______________ with any gift he chose.
(a) Apollo.
(b) Dionysius.
(c) Bacchus.
(d) Mercury.

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

3. Pelops' sons Atreus and Thyestes quarreled over Thyestes' affair with whom?
(a) Hera.
(b) Atreus' wife.
(c) Princess Hippodamia.
(d) Their mother.

4. King Laius heard a prophecy that his own son would kill him, so the baby was sent away to be left to die on a hillside. What did the servant do with the baby?
(a) He took it to the king and queen of Corinth.
(b) He left it as he was told.
(c) He killed it himself.
(d) He kept it and raised it as his own.

5. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.
(a) Jupiter and Mercury.
(b) Juno and Pluto.
(c) Mars and Mercury.
(d) Jupiter and Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Agamemnon shows how terrible acts could cause what?

2. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.

3. Procne was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who fell in love with ______________ and tricked her into a marriage before cutting out her tongue and locking her up.

4. How did the Greek gods act?

5. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the ______ century BC.

(see the answer key)

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