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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.
(a) Killed him.
(b) Killed her.
(c) Turned them against each other.
(d) Took him away for herself.

2. Zeus snatched Callisto to safety and put her in the stars, where she became the __________________ constellation.
(a) The Butterfly.
(b) The Wild Duck.
(c) The Owl.
(d) Great Bear.

3. Where were the murdering women punished?
(a) In the town square.
(b) On Mt. Olympus.
(c) In prison.
(d) In Tartarus.

4. Pomona was a nymph of orchards who was loved by whom?
(a) Lycophron.
(b) Vertumnus.
(c) Xenocles.
(d) Hermippus.

5. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Juno.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Mars.

6. What did Jocasta and Oedipus do when they realized they were mother and son?
(a) Jocasta killed herself, and Oedipus blinded himself before going into exile.
(b) They both blinded themselves.
(c) Oedipus killed Jocasta and then killed himself.
(d) Jocasta killed Oedipus and then killed herself.

7. Pelops married Princess Hippodamia after defeating her father in ____________ to win her hand.
(a) A foot race.
(b) A jousting match.
(c) A chariot race.
(d) Game of chess.

8. This bad luck began with Tantalus, who served up his own son at a banquet for the gods, perhaps to do what?
(a) Disgust them.
(b) Test or mock them.
(c) Confuse them.
(d) Poison them.

9. The House of Atreus was one of the unluckiest __________ in Greek mythology.
(a) Group of creatures.
(b) Towns.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Families.

10. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.
(a) Nightingale.
(b) Whippoorwhill.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Robin.

11. How did this beautiful nymph feel about Glaucus?
(a) Attracted.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Repulsed.

12. The society Aeneas founded would one day flourish into ___________.
(a) The great nation of Greece.
(b) The great Roman Republic.
(c) The great nation of Italy.
(d) The great city of Athens.

13. Clytie was a mortal woman who loved the Sun-god and pined away while watching the sun. What did she do after she was turned into a sunflower?
(a) She wept yellow petals.
(b) She let her heavy head sink to the ground.
(c) She turned to face the sun.
(d) She died.

14. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?
(a) One's family.
(b) One's neighbors and the gods.
(c) The gods.
(d) Oneself.

15. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.
(a) Cattle.
(b) Horses.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form did Tereus take?

2. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.

3. Later, Midas was given ___________ by Apollo for siding with Pan instead of Apollo in a music contest.

4. Cadmus founded the city of ___________ by killing a dragon and sowing its teeth.

5. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.

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