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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Alcyone's husband Ceyx was killed in ______________, the pitying gods sent her a dream to tell her the truth about what had happened to him.
(a) A car accident.
(b) A flood.
(c) A storm at sea.
(d) A chariot accident.

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

4. Zeus imprisoned the Titans and forced _______ to hold up the sky.
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemis.

5. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.
(a) Automedon.
(b) Aristeas.
(c) Aratus.
(d) Aegeus.

6. When Zeus was born, what did Cronus' wife Rhea do?
(a) Fed Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead of Zeus.
(b) Fed Zeus to her husband.
(c) Buried Zeus before his father could find him.
(d) Poisoned Cronus.

7. Why was Venus jealous of Psyche?
(a) She was more powerful.
(b) She was more wealthy.
(c) She was young and beautiful.
(d) She was Venus' younger sister.

8. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.
(a) Children.
(b) The sick.
(c) The poor.
(d) The defenseless.

9. Another story tells that Zeus was angry with early men and sent what to destroy them?
(a) A swarm of locusts.
(b) A great flood.
(c) A plague.
(d) A great snow storm.

10. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of __________, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods. .
(a) Nature.
(b) Man.
(c) Youth.
(d) Animals.

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

12. Pegasus was used to help kill the fearsome monster called the Chimaera, which had the body and head of a fire-breathing _______, a goat's head in the middle of its back, and a snake for a tail.
(a) Tiger.
(b) Lion.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Horse.

13. Later Greek writers include ______________, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
(a) Ovid.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Pindar.
(d) Elephantis.

14. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of _______.
(a) Animals.
(b) Nature.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

15. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Children.
(b) Disasters.
(c) Women.
(d) Plagues.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Medea save herself and Jason from the huge bronze man Talus?

2. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?

3. ______________ was a great inventor who built the labyrinth for the Minotaur.

4. What happened when King Minos locked this inventor up in his own labyrinth?

5. Pyramus and Thisbe agreed to meet by _________.

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