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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. 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) Happy that Glaucus asked her for help.
(d) Worried that Glaucus would never be loved by the nymph.

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

3. The story of Agamemnon shows how terrible acts could cause what?
(a) A form religious pollution.
(b) Problems for an entire city or nation.
(c) Punishment from the gods on the individual performing these terrible acts.
(d) Disease.

4. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?
(a) His cousin Aegisthus.
(b) Her cousin Aegisthus.
(c) Her brother-in-law Aegisthus.
(d) Her neighbor Aegisthus.

5. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?
(a) His sister.
(b) His own mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer 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.

2. The Horn of Plenty, or the Cornucopia, was magically always full of what?

3. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.

4. What happened to Antigone when she ignored Creon's edict and buried her brother?

5. These two sisters had __________ nieces.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a special hero? What does this say about the Greek's view of the afterlife?

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

4. What are the Danaids known for doing? Why might they have done this?

5. Why might Zeus have struck Aesculapius dead?

6. How is Aeneas tied to the great Roman Republic?

7. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?

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

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

10. Who are two members of this family who did not deserve the bad luck they received? Why?

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