This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three. The Great Heroes before the Trojan War - Perseus, Theseus, Hercules and Atalanta.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.
(a) Barbaric.
(b) God-like.
(c) Displeasing and dishonoring the gods.
(d) Powerful.

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

4. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
(a) Pindar.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Elephantis.
(d) Odysseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.

2. _________ was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus.

3. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.

4. Who was Medea?

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

(see the answer key)

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