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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did this beautiful nymph feel about Glaucus?
(a) Repulsed.
(b) Unsure.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Attracted.

4. Amymone was pursued by a ________ but saved by Poseidon.
(a) Troll.
(b) Gnome.
(c) Dwarf.
(d) Satyr.

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

6. The teeth turned into ______, who fought until five remained?
(a) Little dragons.
(b) Armed warriors.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Ninjas.

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

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

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

10. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) A Greek.
(d) A stranger.

11. Amalthea was a _________ whose milk fed Zeus.
(a) Cow.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Camel.
(d) Goat.

12. Zeus snatched Callisto to safety and put her in the stars, where she became the __________________ constellation.
(a) The Butterfly.
(b) The Wild Duck.
(c) The Owl.
(d) Great Bear.

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

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

15. 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 stabbed herself with her lute.
(d) She jumped off the edge of a cliff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do these myths show?

3. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.

4. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?

5. The gods were furious and sent him to ______________, a section for punishment in the underworld.

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