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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Important themes in the myths connected to the House of Thebes include the importance of proper respect for the gods, and the importance of ________,
(a) Human life.
(b) Love.
(c) Respect for one's elders.
(d) Proper burial.

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

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

9. Orithyia's two sons were heroes who accompanied ____________ on his voyage.
(a) Jason.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Odysseus.

10. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.
(a) Perseus.
(b) Erectheus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Philomela.

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

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

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

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

15. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the ______ century BC.
(a) 8th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 6th.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cadmus married _____________, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.

3. The two sisters escaped, but Tereus pursued them. The gods turned them all into what?

4. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.

5. Amalthea was a _________ whose milk fed Zeus.

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