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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. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Second.

2. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?
(a) As a way of understanding the world.
(b) As a way of understanding the heavens.
(c) As a way of teaching moral lessons.
(d) As a way of connecting to the gods.

3. There are _______ different versions of the story of the creation of man.
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

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

5. These gods were the children of the ____________, who were the children of heaven and earth.
(a) Angels.
(b) Devils.
(c) Titans.
(d) Godfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.

2. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?

3. The main gods, or ______________, lived on Mount Olympus.

4. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.

5. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.

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