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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Aeneas and his group arrived in Italy, they were greeted warmly by __________, the local king.
(a) Latitude.
(b) Latissimus.
(c) Latinus.
(d) Longitude.

2. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.
(a) Epigram.
(b) Idyll.
(c) Epic.
(d) Short.

3. Whom did Atreus kill and serve for dinner?
(a) Thyestes' children.
(b) Princess Hippodamia's children.
(c) His own children.
(d) Hera's children.

4. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.
(a) Tieresias.
(b) Tyrtaeus.
(c) Theocritus.
(d) Theodectes.

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

6. Midas was a king rewarded by ______________ with any gift he chose.
(a) Apollo.
(b) Dionysius.
(c) Bacchus.
(d) Mercury.

7. After escaping from Troy, Aeneas traveled with whom to find a new home?
(a) His wife and children.
(b) His father and son.
(c) His men.
(d) His son, father, and a group of other survivors.

8. This son was worshiped afterward by the Greeks and the Romans as what?
(a) A god of forgiveness.
(b) A god of peace.
(c) A god of healing.
(d) A god of love.

9. The Horn of Plenty, or the Cornucopia, was magically always full of what?
(a) Wildlife.
(b) Food.
(c) Fruit and flowers.
(d) Music.

10. The House of Thebes was in many ways as unlucky as the House of Atreus, but their troubles seemed ________.
(a) Not as bad.
(b) Much worse.
(c) A lot less deserved.
(d) Much more deserved.

11. Amalthea was a _________ whose milk fed Zeus.
(a) Goat.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Camel.
(d) Cow.

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

13. Oedipus saved the city from _____________, a monster that asked riddles of travelers who passed by.
(a) The Gargoyle.
(b) The Lynx.
(c) The Succubus.
(d) The Sphinx.

14. ________________ was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman whom Apollo killed for being unfaithful.
(a) Archias.
(b) Antimachus.
(c) Aesculapius.
(d) Aulus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. King Laius heard a prophecy that his own son would kill him, so the baby was sent away to be left to die on a hillside. What did the servant do with the baby?

2. 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?

3. Who were Atreus' children?

4. Where were the murdering women punished?

5. Minerva beat Arachne for her insolence and destroyed her work. What did Arachne do?

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