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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven. The Mythology of the Norsemen - The Stories of Signy and of Sigurd, and The Norse Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form did Tereus take?
(a) An ugly praying mantis.
(b) An ugly alligator.
(c) An ugly bear.
(d) An ugly bird with a huge beak.

2. Homer, an ancient Greek _________, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(a) Musician.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Poet.
(d) Singer.

3. 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) Athena.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

4. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.
(a) Whippoorwhill.
(b) Nightingale.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Robin.

5. Men were fated to suffer, the gods were fated to _______________.
(a) Punish man.
(b) Be defeated.
(c) Die.
(d) Win.

Short Answer Questions

1. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.

2. 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?

3. Important themes in the myths connected to the House of Thebes include the importance of proper respect for the gods, and the importance of ________,

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

5. In Norse mythology, Odin was the ______________ and king of the gods.

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