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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. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.
(a) Look upon him.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Speak his name.

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

3. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned ____________ and seized his power.
(a) Cromagden.
(b) Cronus.
(c) Crispus.
(d) Callinus.

4. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning ____________.
(a) Morality and justice.
(b) God and heaven.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Birth and death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors who fell in love, but who would not allow them to marry?

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

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

4. How did the Greek gods act?

5. 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 ____________.

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