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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. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cows.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Chickens.

2. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.
(a) Selene.
(b) Sabinus.
(c) Serenus.
(d) Severus.

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

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

5. When a Trojan prince called Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between three goddesses, who bribed him with the offer of the most beautiful woman in the world?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.

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

3. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?

4. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.

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

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