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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Atreus' children?
(a) Moschus and Apollodorus.
(b) Menelaus and Agamemnon.
(c) Moppian and Aratus.
(d) Mimnermus and Antimachus.

2. Cadmus founded the city of ___________ by killing a dragon and sowing its teeth.
(a) Thebes.
(b) Thebeius.
(c) Athens.
(d) Sparta.

3. Why did Oedipus leave home and travel to Thebes?
(a) He heard a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
(b) He wanted adventure.
(c) He was unhappy at home.
(d) He had a falling-out with his parents.

4. Queen Amata, the king's wife, was not happy with this and neither was Turnus, the Rutulian king. Why was Turnus not happy about this?
(a) He did not like Greeks.
(b) He wanted Lavinia for himself.
(c) He was in love with Queen Amata.
(d) He did not like the stranger.

5. Agamemnon had sacrificed whom to Artemis in order to set sail for Troy?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His wife.
(c) His own daughter.
(d) His niece.

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

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

8. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Cows.

9. What happened to Antigone when she ignored Creon's edict and buried her brother?
(a) She was send to the underworld to suffer.
(b) She was run through with a sword.
(c) She was praised for her love for her brother.
(d) She was punished by being buried alive, hanging herself in the tomb rather than facing death by starvation.

10. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.
(a) Fell asleep and never woke up.
(b) Committed suicide.
(c) Poisoned herself.
(d) Poisoned him.

11. Minerva beat Arachne for her insolence and destroyed her work. What did Arachne do?
(a) She went into exile.
(b) She hanged herself.
(c) She jumped off the edge of a cliff.
(d) She stabbed herself with her lute.

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

13. Chiron was a wise and noble ______________ who looked after and trained heroes.
(a) Elf.
(b) Satyr.
(c) Nymph.
(d) Centaur.

14. 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 died.
(b) She turned to face the sun.
(c) She wept yellow petals.
(d) She let her heavy head sink to the ground.

15. __________ was a beautiful nymph who was loved by a sea god called Glaucus.
(a) Sceadugenga.
(b) Scylla.
(c) Sigbin.
(d) Syragh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Callisto was loved by Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera turned her into a _________ and arranged for her son to kill it.

2. The House of Atreus was one of the unluckiest __________ in Greek mythology.

3. Where were the murdering women punished?

4. How did this beautiful nymph feel about Glaucus?

5. The teeth turned into ______, who fought until five remained?

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