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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. According to the Greeks, in the beginning there was only __________.
(a) Darkness.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Light.
(d) God.

2. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Women.
(b) Plagues.
(c) Children.
(d) Disasters.

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

4. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.
(a) A storm at sea.
(b) A chariot accident.
(c) A flood.
(d) A car accident.

5. What turned crimson in honor of Pyramus and Thisbe's great love?
(a) The white apple.
(b) The white strawberries.
(c) The white mulberry berries.
(d) The white poinsettia leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.

2. What happened when Venus gave Psyche a series of impossible tasks?

3. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.

4. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

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

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