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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do these myths show?
(a) How forgetful the gods could sometimes be.
(b) How loving the gods could sometimes be.
(c) How cruel the gods could sometimes be.
(d) How self-indulgent the gods could sometimes be.

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

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

5. What did Jocasta and Oedipus do when they realized they were mother and son?
(a) Oedipus killed Jocasta and then killed himself.
(b) They both blinded themselves.
(c) Jocasta killed herself, and Oedipus blinded himself before going into exile.
(d) Jocasta killed Oedipus and then killed herself.

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

7. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?
(a) Erectheus.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Philomela.

8. The _____________ were fifty women who killed their husbands on the wedding night, with the exception of Hypermnestra, who woke her husband and helped him escape.
(a) Danaïds.
(b) Dobhar-chu.
(c) Drekavac.
(d) Devalpa.

9. Creüsa was raped by what god?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Poseidon.

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

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

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

13. This story is very different from the other myths in the book for ____________ reasons.
(a) Three.
(b) Several.
(c) Very few.
(d) Two.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Arachne claimed she could __________ better than the goddess Minerva.

2. Midas asked for whatever he touched to turn to what?

3. Glaucus went to the witch Circe to ask for a love potion. How did Circe feel about the situation?

4. Cadmus founded the city of ___________ by killing a dragon and sowing its teeth.

5. After escaping from Troy, Aeneas traveled with whom to find a new home?

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