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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. Atalanta was raised by ____________ and became a great huntress.
(a) A she-fox.
(b) A she-bear.
(c) A she-tiger.
(d) A she-wolf.

2. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Gala.
(b) Ephesus.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Parmenides.

3. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.
(a) Tronto.
(b) Tiber.
(c) Tagliamento.
(d) Tesino.

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

5. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and _________ were the children of Zeus and Leto.
(a) Artemis/Aphrodite.
(b) Diana/Venus.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Aphrodite/Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main gods, or ______________, lived on Mount Olympus.

2. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.

3. Queen Amata, the king's wife, was not happy with this and neither was Turnus, the Rutulian king. Why was Turnus not happy about this?

4. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?

5. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue of a woman that he had created. Venus took pity on his aching heart and turned the statue into a real, living woman. Pygmalion married her and named her ____________.

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