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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two. Cupid and Psyche, and Eight Brief Tales of Lovers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?
(a) Their own.
(b) No one's image.
(c) The Romans' images.
(d) The leaders' images.

2. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.
(a) Theogony.
(b) Theology.
(c) Meogony.
(d) Monogamy.

3. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(b) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.
(c) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.
(d) Orpheus must never touch her.

4. 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) Eighth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

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. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.

2. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?

3. ____________ was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died.

4. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.

5. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially?

(see the answer key)

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