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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The teeth turned into ______, who fought until five remained?
(a) Little dragons.
(b) Ninjas.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Armed warriors.

2. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

3. Arachne claimed she could __________ better than the goddess Minerva.
(a) Play the lute.
(b) Weave.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

4. Glaucus went to the witch Circe to ask for a love potion. How did Circe feel about the situation?
(a) Happy that Glaucus asked her for help.
(b) Annoyed that Glaucus would waste her time on a love potion.
(c) Worried that Glaucus would never be loved by the nymph.
(d) Furious that Glaucus loved Scylla and not her.

5. Who composed the Odyssey?
(a) The Roman bard Plato.
(b) The Greek bard Homer.
(c) The Greek bard Plato.
(d) The Roman bard Homer.

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

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

8. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.
(a) Calypso.
(b) Caliope.
(c) Conga.
(d) Caliente.

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

10. Aurora, goddess of ___________, loved a mortal named Tithonus.
(a) The night.
(b) The dawn.
(c) Dusk.
(d) The evening.

11. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) One.
(b) All but one ship.
(c) All of them.
(d) All but two ships.

12. Queen __________ welcomed Aeneas' group.
(a) Delacroix.
(b) Dido.
(c) Diana.
(d) Deloris.

13. Pelops' sons Atreus and Thyestes quarreled over Thyestes' affair with whom?
(a) Atreus' wife.
(b) Hera.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Princess Hippodamia.

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

15. 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?
(a) He killed it himself.
(b) He left it as he was told.
(c) He kept it and raised it as his own.
(d) He took it to the king and queen of Corinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.

2. The story of Agamemnon shows how terrible acts could cause what?

3. Amalthea was a _________ whose milk fed Zeus.

4. Orithyia's two sons were heroes who accompanied ____________ on his voyage.

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

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