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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The House of Atreus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His brother.
(c) His own mother.
(d) His sister.

2. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different ___________.
(a) Attributes.
(b) Names.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Personalities.

3. To whom was Helen married?
(a) King Perseus of Sparta.
(b) King Menelaus of Sparta.
(c) King Midas of Athens.
(d) King Theseus of Athens.

4. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape?
(a) Aeschylus,
(b) Adaeus.
(c) Agathias.
(d) Aeneas.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.

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. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?

5. Theseus became a good and just king of _________ and took part in many more adventures, such as the Calydonian Boar hunt and the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths.

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