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

2. The inventor warned his son ______________.
(a) To not go too far away from him.
(b) To not become too sure of his safety.
(c) To not run too fast.
(d) To not fly too close to the sun.

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

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

5. How is the creation myth of the Greeks peculiar?
(a) The gods were not kind to mankind.
(b) The gods are more powerful than man.
(c) The gods did not create the universe or the world.
(d) The gods had different personalities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes?

2. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.

3. The story of the Trojan War was ______________ important and popular myths of the Greeks, and one which every educated Greek and Roman would have been familiar with.

4. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.

5. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?

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