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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four. The Trojan War, and The Fall of Troy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Prometheus'.
(b) Aristophanes'.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Diogenes'.

3. ________________ was the goddess of marriage and women.
(a) Hera/Juno.
(b) Poseidon/Neptune.
(c) Zeus/Jupiter.
(d) Hades/Pluto.

4. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?
(a) She hid her.
(b) She saved her.
(c) She tortured her.
(d) She killed her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

2. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .

3. To whom was Helen married?

4. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?

5. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be ___________.

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