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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five. The House of Atreus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His brother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His own mother.

2. To punish men, Zeus sent them ___________.
(a) Plagues.
(b) Women.
(c) Disasters.
(d) Children.

3. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?
(a) She hid her.
(b) She tortured her.
(c) She killed her.
(d) She saved her.

4. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Parmenides.
(b) Gala.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Ephesus.

5. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?
(a) Her neighbor Aegisthus.
(b) Her brother-in-law Aegisthus.
(c) Her cousin Aegisthus.
(d) His cousin Aegisthus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theseus was the son of ____________, king of Athens, but he was brought up in a city in southern Greece.

2. The gods were furious and sent him to ______________, a section for punishment in the underworld.

3. Who composed the Odyssey?

4. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?

5. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.

(see the answer key)

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