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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Pelops then refused to honor his bribe and killed Myrtilus, who _____________.

4. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.

5. This chapter gives brief summaries of _______________ more myths.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the purposes of myths, based on these stories?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the moral message of this family's stories?

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

8. Of these two families, which deserved their bad luck the least? Why?

9. How is this bad luck tied to the future of the city of Thebes?

10. How did the bad luck of the later generations reflect the bad luck of the earlier generations? What does this say about the tie between one generation and another?

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