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Mythology Chapter Quiz 10

_____ 1. What is the function of that she shares with and Eileithyia? (a) goddess of the moon (b) goddess of childbirth (c) goddess of the hunt (d) protector of young animals

_____ 2. Whose children were killed by Artemis and because of their mother’s pride? (a) (b) Hecuba (c) Leto (d)

_____ 3. was punished by Artemis because (a) he tried to seduce her (b) he insulted her mother, Leto (c) he bested Artemis in the hunt (d) he caught sight of her bathing

_____ 4. What was the fate of the young hunter ? (a) he became the (b) he was destined to roam the world as a bear (c) he killed his mother and was polluted with miasma (d) he was turned into a stag and ripped apart by his own dogs

_____ 5. Artemis can represent the virginal stage of a woman’s life; which of the following pairs of deities can represent the adult (sexual) woman and the old woman? (a) Athena and Hera (b) Selene and Hecate (c) Hera and Medusa (d) Leto and Selene

_____ 6. What was Artemis’s first act as a new-born deity? (a) help her mother give birth to Apollo (b) take up her silver bow and hunt (c) journey to Olympus to be greeted by the gods (d) take revenge on Hera

_____ 8. What deity is seen as a foil to/opponent of Artemis in ’ ? (a) (b) Apollo (c) Athena (d)

_____ 9. According to the Homeric Hymn to Artemis, where does Artemis live? (a) with her brother Apollo (b) in sacred groves in the wilderness (c) In Ogygia (d) in the house of , with the other gods

_____ 10. City in Asia Minor known for the cult statue of Artemis in which she appears to have many breasts: (a) Delos (b) Ephesus (c) Miletus (d) Troy

_____ 11. Who was responsible for divulging ’s secret to Hippolytus? (a) Phaedra’s nurse (b) Phaedra herself (c) (d) No one; he overheard Phaedra revealing her passion Name: ______

_____ 12. Artemis grew enraged at Callisto because (a) Callisto bested her in the hunt (b) Callisto had revealed Artemis’s location to (c) Callisto had been raped by Zeus (d) Callisto had sided with Apollo in a family quarrel

_____ 13. Who was turned into a stone following Artemis’s revenge? (a) Arachne (b) Arcas (c) Niobe (d) Orion

_____ 14. Which is NOT associated with Hecate: (a) nurturing young animals (b) sorcerers and murderers (c) crossroads (d) torch and hounds

_____ 15. Which is NOT true of the cult of Artemis at (a) young women sacrificed their dolls there upon their marriage (b) the youthful attendants were referred to as “Bears” (c) young girls between five and ten years of age served there for a year (d) the cult was (in myth) begun when a bear was killed, to expiate the deed and stop a plague

_____ 16. Aphrodite is enraged at Hippolytus because (a) he has rejected her love (b) he was responsible for the death of Adonis (c) he has worshipped Artemis to the exclusion of Aphrodite (d) he betrayed his stepmother Phaedra

_____ 17. Phaedra hangs herself because (a) she cannot stand the shame of her illicit love to be revealed (b) she knows Theseus will kill her (c) Artemis drives her insane (d) Hippolytus threatens to reveal her secret if she does not

_____ 18. Artemis does not save Hippolytus because (a) he is too badly injured for even a god to save (b) she is enraged at Theseus (c) she is enraged at Hippolytus’ susceptibility to Phaedra’s wiles (d) gods do not interfere with each other’s decisions; all they do is take revenge

_____ 19. Character who says, “She acted virtuously, When she could not be virtuous. I am virtuous but I have not used my virtue well.” (a) Artemis (b) Hippolytus (c) Phaedra (d) Theseus

_____ 20. Which does Artemis NOT offer as reward for Hippolytus’ faithfulness and attention to herself? (a) she will take him to Mount Olympus (b) she will avenge herself on Aphrodite’s human lover (c) she will have all young girls cut a lock of their hair for him before their marriage (d) maiden choruses will keep his memory alive in their songs.