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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main gods, or ______________, lived on Mount Olympus.
(a) Olympians.
(b) Olymps.
(c) Olympusians.
(d) Athletes.

2. Cupid became Psyche's husband, but she was instructed that she must never _______.
(a) Speak his name.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Look upon him.

3. When they reached home, Medea helped Jason take revenge on whom?
(a) Polyeidosis, his sister's murderer.
(b) Pelias, his father's murderer.
(c) Phemonoe, his brother's murderer.
(d) Phanocles, his mother's murderer .

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

5. 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 flood.
(b) A storm at sea.
(c) A chariot accident.
(d) A car accident.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?

3. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.

4. Who was Medea?

5. _______________ was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were women seen as lesser beings? How does Greek mythology support this belief regarding women?

2. Describe the appearance and behavior of the Greek gods. What does this reflect, regarding the attitude towards mankind?

3. How were early royal Greek families able to claim lineage with the gods? How might they have benefited from this?

4. What ended when Atalanta was married? What does this reinforce in Greek culture?

5. Describe Demeter and Dionysus. How were Demeter and Dionysus unique?

6. Why were the Greek gods worshiped? How does this reason compare to the reasons one might worship a god today?

7. What do all of these stories reveal about the gods?

8. What lesson can be learned about the power of the gods from these stories? Is this lesson still relevant today? Why or why not?

9. Choose one of the love stories in this section. Summarize this story. How does it reflect someone's jealousy?

10. Who won the Trojan War? How did they win? What do their successful tactics say about them?

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