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This activity contains 15 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 In contrast to the male Olympian gods, who for the most part exercise powers that are clearly delineated from one another, the female Olympians all appear to be aspects of a single concept.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 In this chapter, the painting Venus and Adonis you studied was by Paolo Caliari.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 The Roman name for Demeter is Minerva.
   
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Pygmalion made his statue because Aphrodite told him that it was the only way he could get a perfect wife.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 The speaker of these lines is Achilles: "Even now on a cliff of Sipylus, haunted by eagles, where they say the nymphs who race Acheloüs dwell in their lair, poor Niobê, turned into stone, broods over the miserable fate assigned her by the immortals. So come now, noble sir, let the two of us also remember our need of food and refreshment."
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 Aphrodite is once caused to fall in love with a mortal man. Their son is named Paris, who brings destruction to Troy.
   
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 The Roman name for Athena is Minerva.
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Despite being the stay-at-home goddess, Hestia did have suitors.
   
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Aphrodite has associations with the island of Cythera, south of the Peloponnesus.
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 Aphrodite was worshipped as a polished stone on the island of Cyprus.
   
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 The painting Venus and Mars you studied in this chapter was by Titian.
   
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 The painting The Birth of Venus you studied in this chapter was by Botticelli.
   
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 The Roman name for Artemis is Vesta.
   
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, taught women spinning.
   
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 The speaker of these lines is Niobê: "I have the brains to look after myself; I don't need you to advise me, and certainly won't change my ways. And as for that goddess of yours, Why doesn't she come herself? Perhaps she can't stand competition?"
   
 
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