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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what did Psyche become the goddess?
(a) The heart.
(b) The soul.
(c) The mind.
(d) The body.

2. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.
(a) Diana/Minerva.
(b) Athena/Minerva.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Athena/Diana.

3. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the ______________ century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Eighth.

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

5. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.
(a) Spartan.
(b) Homeric.
(c) Trajan.
(d) Corinthian.

6. Baucis and Philemon were an old couple who showed good hospitality towards ________________ when they visited them disguised as mortals.
(a) Juno and Pluto.
(b) Mars and Mercury.
(c) Jupiter and Mercury.
(d) Jupiter and Juno.

7. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A pine tree.
(c) A spruce tree.
(d) A mulberry tree.

8. How did the Greek gods act?
(a) Very kindly.
(b) In a very human manner.
(c) In a very god-like manner.
(d) In a very odd manner.

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

10. Whose family survived Zeus' anger?
(a) Zeus'.
(b) Prometheus'.
(c) Aristophanes'.
(d) Diogenes'.

11. The Roman poet ________ wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning.
(a) Cercops.
(b) Oppian.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Homer.

12. Theseus saved Athens from the cruelty of _______________, who demanded a tribute of seven maidens and seven young men every nine years to feed to the Minotaur.
(a) King Mimnermus of Crete.
(b) King Moschus of Crete.
(c) King Midas of Crete.
(d) King Minos of Crete.

13. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods?
(a) Burial rites were incredibly important in ancient Greece.
(b) The gods had created the burial ceremony.
(c) Without a burial, the dead could not get to Mt. Olympus.
(d) The gods did not like to see death.

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

15. 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 ____________.
(a) Galatea.
(b) Gallus.
(c) Gnaeus.
(d) Gaetulicus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. There are _______ different versions of the story of the creation of man.

3. Endymion was a shepherd who was loved by the Moon goddess __________.

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

5. 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.

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