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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.
(a) Theodectes.
(b) Theocritus.
(c) Tyrtaeus.
(d) Tieresias.

2. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.
(a) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Horses.
(d) Cattle.

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

4. Why was Dryope transformed into a tree?
(a) She carved her name into a tree.
(b) She accidentally harmed a nymph by picking flowers from a tree.
(c) She cut a tree down to build a fire.
(d) She loved trees.

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

6. ________________ was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman whom Apollo killed for being unfaithful.
(a) Archias.
(b) Aulus.
(c) Aesculapius.
(d) Antimachus.

7. Cadmus married _____________, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.
(a) Harmonious.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Harmon.
(d) Harmonia.

8. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.
(a) Nightingale.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Whippoorwhill.
(d) Robin.

9. 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) Mercury.
(b) Juno.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

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

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

12. Callisto was loved by Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera turned her into a _________ and arranged for her son to kill it.
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Bear.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Moose.

13. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) All but two ships.
(b) All of them.
(c) All but one ship.
(d) One.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Agamemnon had sacrificed whom to Artemis in order to set sail for Troy?

3. Erysichthon was punished for cutting down a tree that was sacred to what goddess?

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

5. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.

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