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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Minerva beat Arachne for her insolence and destroyed her work. What did Arachne do?
(a) She went into exile.
(b) She jumped off the edge of a cliff.
(c) She stabbed herself with her lute.
(d) She hanged herself.

2. Procne was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who fell in love with ______________ and tricked her into a marriage before cutting out her tongue and locking her up.
(a) Philomela.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Erectheus.
(d) Theseus.

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

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

5. This bad luck began with Tantalus, who served up his own son at a banquet for the gods, perhaps to do what?
(a) Test or mock them.
(b) Disgust them.
(c) Poison them.
(d) Confuse them.

6. King Laius heard a prophecy that his own son would kill him, so the baby was sent away to be left to die on a hillside. What did the servant do with the baby?
(a) He took it to the king and queen of Corinth.
(b) He left it as he was told.
(c) He kept it and raised it as his own.
(d) He killed it himself.

7. Whom did Atreus kill and serve for dinner?
(a) Thyestes' children.
(b) Hera's children.
(c) Princess Hippodamia's children.
(d) His own children.

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

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

10. 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) Caliope.
(c) Caliente.
(d) Calypso.

11. The two sisters escaped, but Tereus pursued them. The gods turned them all into what?
(a) Insects.
(b) Reptiles.
(c) Birds.
(d) Mammals.

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

13. Pelops then refused to honor his bribe and killed Myrtilus, who _____________.
(a) Called down a curse on his already corrupted family.
(b) Killed the princess before he died.
(c) Killed Pelops' children.
(d) Poisoned Pelops.

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

15. Proper _____________ was also considered very important in order to appease the spirits of the dead.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Mourning.
(c) Dress.
(d) Memorial services.

Short Answer Questions

1. Midas was a king rewarded by ______________ with any gift he chose.

2. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?

3. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.

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

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

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