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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Juno.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Mercury.

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

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

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

5. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.
(a) Atreus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Cadmus.

6. 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) Caliente.
(c) Caliope.
(d) Conga.

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

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

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

10. Erysichthon was punished for cutting down a tree that was sacred to what goddess?
(a) Ceres.
(b) Venus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Juno.

11. Why was Dryope transformed into a tree?
(a) She cut a tree down to build a fire.
(b) She accidentally harmed a nymph by picking flowers from a tree.
(c) She carved her name into a tree.
(d) She loved trees.

12. What form did Tereus take?
(a) An ugly alligator.
(b) An ugly bear.
(c) An ugly bird with a huge beak.
(d) An ugly praying mantis.

13. 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) Poison them.
(c) Confuse them.
(d) Test or mock them.

14. The gods were furious and sent him to ______________, a section for punishment in the underworld.
(a) Titanium.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Tartar.
(d) Tarrantala.

15. These two sisters had __________ nieces.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?

2. How did this beautiful nymph feel about Glaucus?

3. This chapter gives brief summaries of _______________ more myths.

4. Important themes in the myths connected to the House of Thebes include the importance of proper respect for the gods, and the importance of ________,

5. The society Aeneas founded would one day flourish into ___________.

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