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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. Amalthea was a _________ whose milk fed Zeus.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Camel.
(c) Goat.
(d) Cow.

2. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the ______ century BC.
(a) 7th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 8th.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.

2. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.

3. ________________ was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman whom Apollo killed for being unfaithful.

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

5. The gods were furious and sent him to ______________, a section for punishment in the underworld.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?

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

7. What are the purpose of many of these stories?

8. How is Odysseus set apart from other heroes? What does this say about the Greeks at this time?

9. 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?

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

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