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Mythology: Chapters 5+6
Chapter 5+6 quiz 10/10
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9th Grade
11/13/2008

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Psyche and her 2 sisters... who was the youngest?
Definition
Psyche
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T/F. Psyche's beauty was known throughout the world. People started to stop worshiping Aphrodite(Venus).
Definition
True.
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What did Venus tell Cupid to do?
Definition
She told him to use his power to make the world fall in love with someone "ugly" instead of Psyche.
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T/F. Cupid's arrows affected everyone except Zeus.
Definition
False, his arrows affected EVERYONE.
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 Dis Psyche get married before or after her sisters did?
Definition

She got married after.

 

*Their husbands were princes.

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What did Apollo's oracle tell Psyche's father?

Definition
The oracle told him that a winged serpent would come to her while she sat on the top of a hill all alone.
Term
What was the sweetest and mildest of the winds called?
Definition
Zephyr
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How did Psyche get to the "mansion"?
Definition
The winds blew her off of the mountain.
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What happened as soon as Psyche stepped in the mansion?
Definition
Voices started speaking to her and giving her everyneed such as bathing and food.
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T/F. Psyche ignored the voice of her husband and still saw her sisters.
Definition
True.
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When Psyche's sisters asked her where her husband was, how did she respond?(hard question)
Definition
She said that he was on a hunting expedition
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What did Psyche's sisters end up doing after seeing Psyche alone in the house?
Definition
They conducted a plan to kill her husband.
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Who did Psyche and her sisters think her husband was? Why?
Definition
They thought it was Apollo's servant since they heard of the serpent from the oracle.
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What was Psyche supposed to do to her husband?
Definition
Kill him with a knife when he was fast asleep.
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Who is Psyche's wife?
Definition
Cupid
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1.)What happens by accident when Psyche finds Cupid sleeping?

2.)What does Cupid do afterward?

Definition

1.)She spills hot candle wax on him.

2.)He flies away since she was not trustworthy

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After Cupid left Psyche, what was her life goal?
Definition
To find Cupid no matter what it would take.
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T/F. Venus left Cupid to deal with his wound he got himself instead of fixing it for him.
Definition
True.
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1.)Why was Venus looking for Psyche?

2.)Why was Psyche looking for Venus?

Definition

1.)Venus was looking for Psyche since the world loved Psyche and not Venus.

2.)Psyche was looking for Venus because she wanted to be her servant hoping to get closer to finding Cupid.

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1.)What was the first task Venus gave Psyche?

2.)What helped her accomplish it?

Definition

1.)To separate the smallest of seeds

2.)Ants

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Why was Venus half starving Psyche to death and making her work hard?(She only have her bread.)
Definition
Because Venus thought those tasks and by eating little would make Psyche look less pretty.
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1.)What was the 2nd task given to Psyche?

2.)What told her how to accomplish it?

3.)How was it accomplished?

Definition

1.)To get golden wool from sheep

2.)A reed

3.)By waiting for the sheep to leave and there would be wool on the briars

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1.)What was the 3rd task given to Psyche?

2.)What helped her accomplish it?

Definition

1.)Fetch water at the River Styx in a cup

2.)An eagle 

Term

1.)What was the 4th task give to Psyche?

2.)Who helped her?

3.)What did she have to do to get past Cerberus?

4.)How much did it cost to travel in the underworld?

Definition

1.)She had a box to get beauty from Proserpine in the underworld.

2.)A guide in a tower

3.)Give him cake

4.)One penny

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What did Psyche do that almost killed her?
Definition
She opened the box that had Proserpine's beauty and fell into a sleep.
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Who saved Psyche from death?
Definition
Cupid
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1.)What did Zeus declare Psyche and Cupid were?

2.)What did Zeus give to her?

Definition

1.)Husband and Wife

2.)Immortality

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Who(2 people) lived in Babylon?
Definition
Pyramus and Thisbe
Term
How close did Pyramus and Thisbe live by each other?
Definition
Next door neighbors.
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T/F. Thisbe's and Pyramus's parents encouraged them to love eachother.
Definition
False, they disapproved of their love.
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How did Thisbe and Pyramus communicate?
Definition
By talking in a little chink in a wall to eachother.
Term
When Thisbe and Pyramus wanted to escape, where did they want to escape to?
Definition
The Tomb of Ninus
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1.)Did Pyramus come at the same time Thisbe did?

2.)Who arrived first?

Definition

1.)No

2.)Thisbe

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1.)What did Pyramus think happened to Thesbe?

2.)What ripped up her cloak?

Definition

1.)He thought she was dead since her cloak was ripped up and there was blood.

2.)A lioness

Term
Since Pyramus thought Thesbe was dead, what did he do?
Definition
He killed himself with his sword.
Term
Since Thesbe saw Pyramus dead, what did she do?
Definition
She killed herself with a sword.
Term
What is the everlasting memorial to Pyramus and Thesbe?
Definition
The deep red fruit of the mulberry
Term
The earliest musicians were the ___.
Definition
Gods
Term

1.)What instrument was Orpheus good at playing?

2.)Originally, who made the instrument Orpheus plays?

3.)Who else plays this instrument?

Definition

1.)The lyre

2.)Hermes(Mercury)

3.)Apollo

Term

1.)When he was with Jason, what effects did his lyre have on Jason and crew?

2.)How else did the lyre save them?

Definition

1.)It gave them energy.

2.)He played his lyre louder than the sirens making them not get eaten by the sirens.

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Who was Orpheus's wife?
Definition
Eurydice
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How did Eurydice die?
Definition
A viper stung her
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How did Orpheus make everything calm in the Underworld?
Definition
By singing and playing his lyre.
Term
What did Hades say Orpheus could do to get his wife back?
Definition
That as long as he walked out of the Underworld w/o looking back, then she would be his.
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Did Orpheus ever get his wife back?
Definition
Nope, he looked back and she vanished.
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How did Orpheus die?
Definition
Maenads ripped him to shreds
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Which couple were separated because the husband went out to sea?
Definition
Ceyx and Alcyone
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T/F. When Ceyx's ship was sinking, his wife's name were over his lips.
Definition
True
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How did Alcyone find out about Ceyx's death?
Definition
A prayer to Juno(Hera) then she told Iris to tell Somnus, the God of sleep, to give her a dream that her husband was dead.
Term
Who did the god of sleep(Somnus) send to Alcylone? Why?
Definition
His son Morpheus since he could transform into any shape.
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Once Alcylone saw Ceyx's body in the water, what did the gods do to both of them?
Definition
Changed them into birds.
Term
Where did Pygmalion live?(City)
Definition
Cyprus
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T/F.Pygmalion was obsessed with girls, not his art.
Definition
False, his art was enough for him.
Term
What specifically did Pygmalion fall in love with?
Definition
A statue that he made of a girl.
Term
Which god answered Pygmalion's prayer to make his statue real?
Definition
Venus(Aphrodite)
Term
How did Venus let Pygmalion know that his prayer was accepted?
Definition
The fire on the alter leaped up 3 times.
Term
What was Pygmalion's wife's name?
Definition
Galatea
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Why would Zeus(Jupiter) and Hermes(Mercury) go down to Earth?
Definition
Because they were bored.
Term
What did Jupiter and Mercury disguise themselves as?
Definition
Poor old folk.
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When they were knocking on people's doors, which couple let Mercury and Jupiter in?
Definition
Philemon and Baucis
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Baucis and Philemon's house..... it was a mansion? or very poor house with a reed as a roof?
Definition
Very poor house with a reed as a roof
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What entertained Jupiter and Mercury while they were at Baucis and Philemon's house?
Definition
When the 2 old couple was chasing a goose.
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1.)As a reward, what did Jupiter and Mercury give to Baucis and Philemon?

2.)The gods would answer any request to this couple. What did they request of the gods?

Definition

1.)A nice stone temple.

2.)That they would die together and if they could be their priests.

Term
Before Baucis and Philemon died, what were they transformed into?
Definition
oak trees
Term
Who loved the moon(Selene)?
Definition
Endymion
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Why was Endymion always asleep?
Definition
Because that is what Selene's kisses did to him.
Term
Who loved Daphne?
Definition
Apollo. It was his first love supposedly.
Term
Who was Daphne's father?
Definition
River god, Peneus
Term
In order to answer is daughter's request, what did Peneus do to Daphne?
Definition
he changed her into a tree.
Term
Arethusa was a follower of _______.
Definition
Artemis
Term

(Not directly mentioned in book)

1.)What type of gender can be with Artemis?

2.)What are they forbidden to do?

Definition

1.)Females

2.)Can't marry a guy or have any affiliations with one

Term
Alpheus saw Arethusa where?
Definition
Bathing in water
Term
What was Alpheus the god of?
Definition
River
Term
What did Artemis change Arethusa into?
Definition
A spring.
Term
T/F. It is said that Alpheus's water mingles with Arethusa's water in the spring called Arethusa.
Definition
True
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