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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aeneas stayed with her for a time, but eventually ___________ sent a message telling him to remember his great destiny and to sail for Italy.
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Mars.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Juno.

2. The _____________ were fifty women who killed their husbands on the wedding night, with the exception of Hypermnestra, who woke her husband and helped him escape.
(a) Dobhar-chu.
(b) Danaïds.
(c) Drekavac.
(d) Devalpa.

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

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

5. 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) Perseus.
(b) Erectheus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Philomela.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Oedipus saved the city from _____________, a monster that asked riddles of travelers who passed by.
(a) The Gargoyle.
(b) The Lynx.
(c) The Sphinx.
(d) The Succubus.

14. Who were Atreus' children?
(a) Moppian and Aratus.
(b) Menelaus and Agamemnon.
(c) Mimnermus and Antimachus.
(d) Moschus and Apollodorus.

15. When Aeneas and his group arrived in Italy, they were greeted warmly by __________, the local king.
(a) Latitude.
(b) Latinus.
(c) Latissimus.
(d) Longitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the ______ century BC.

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

3. Why did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a very special hero?

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

5. Chiron was a wise and noble ______________ who looked after and trained heroes.

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