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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One. How the World and Mankind Were Created, and The Earliest Heroes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(a) Poet.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Singer.
(d) Musician.

3. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Aristophanes'.
(b) Prometheus'.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Diogenes'.

4. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.
(a) Hades/Pluto.
(b) Athena/Minerva.
(c) Hera/Juno.
(d) Poseidon/Neptune.

5. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?
(a) A plague.
(b) A great flood.
(c) A swarm of locusts.
(d) A great snow storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.

2. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.

3. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?

4. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

5. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.

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