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

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

3. Orithyia was carried away against her will by whom?
(a) The god of the South Wind, Boreas.
(b) The god of the North Wind, Boreas.
(c) The god of the East Wind, Boreas.
(d) The god of the West Wind, Boreas.

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

5. After encountering some of the same dangers that Odysseus and Jason faced on their adventures, a storm washed Aeneas and his fellow travelers up near Carthage on the north coast of _________.
(a) North America.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greeks finally won the war with __________.

2. Why did Oedipus leave home and travel to Thebes?

3. Who composed the Odyssey?

4. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?

5. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?

(see the answer key)

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