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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) Proper burial.
(b) Human life.
(c) Love.
(d) Respect for one's elders.

6. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.
(a) Turned them against each other.
(b) Killed him.
(c) Killed her.
(d) Took him away for herself.

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

8. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?
(a) Her brother-in-law Aegisthus.
(b) Her neighbor Aegisthus.
(c) Her cousin Aegisthus.
(d) His cousin Aegisthus.

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

10. After encountering some of the same dangers that Odysseus and Jason faced on their adventures, a storm washed Aeneas and his fellow travelers up near Carthage on the north coast of _________.
(a) South America.
(b) North America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

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

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

13. Midas asked for whatever he touched to turn to what?
(a) Silver.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Platinum.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.

3. Why did Oedipus leave home and travel to Thebes?

4. ________________ was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman whom Apollo killed for being unfaithful.

5. Later, Midas was given ___________ by Apollo for siding with Pan instead of Apollo in a music contest.

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