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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him ______ years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

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

3. Cadmus founded the city of ___________ by killing a dragon and sowing its teeth.
(a) Sparta.
(b) Thebeius.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Athens.

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

5. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.
(a) Atreus.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Ares.
(d) Cadmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Atreus kill and serve for dinner?

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

3. Midas asked for whatever he touched to turn to what?

4. 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.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Midas rewarded by Bacchus? Is this what many people would choose? Why or why not?

2. What story explains the creation of spiders? How does this explain the creation of spiders?

3. How did Odysseus' adventures make him a hero?

4. Summarize two stories found in this section. How do they explain the qualities of a hero?

5. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?

6. How is Aeneas' story unique?

7. What are four ways in which the House of Thebes was like the House of Atreus?

8. Why were there many plays written about this family?

9. Compare one of these stories to a fairly tale or tall tale with which you are familiar.

10. Why is the Odyssey considered an epic poem? Why was it so important to the Greeks?

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