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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?
(a) One's neighbors and the gods.
(b) Oneself.
(c) One's family.
(d) The gods.

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

3. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.
(a) Wealthy, Greek.
(b) Powerful, Greek.
(c) Civilized, Greek.
(d) Intelligent, Greek.

4. Pomona was a nymph of orchards who was loved by whom?
(a) Hermippus.
(b) Xenocles.
(c) Lycophron.
(d) Vertumnus.

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

6. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.
(a) Tronto.
(b) Tiber.
(c) Tagliamento.
(d) Tesino.

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

8. The Horn of Plenty, or the Cornucopia, was magically always full of what?
(a) Music.
(b) Food.
(c) Wildlife.
(d) Fruit and flowers.

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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) Asia.
(b) North America.
(c) South America.
(d) Africa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This bad luck began with Tantalus, who served up his own son at a banquet for the gods, perhaps to do what?

2. When Odysseus blinded the Cyclops, he angered whom?

3. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.

4. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.

5. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.

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