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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. Arachne claimed she could __________ better than the goddess Minerva.
(a) Weave.
(b) Dance.
(c) Play the lute.
(d) Sing.

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

3. 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) Confuse them.
(c) Poison them.
(d) Disgust them.

4. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.
(a) Tesino.
(b) Tronto.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Tagliamento.

5. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.
(a) Philomela.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Erectheus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the ______ century BC.

2. Cadmus founded the city of ___________ by killing a dragon and sowing its teeth.

3. Amymone was pursued by a ________ but saved by Poseidon.

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

5. Orithyia's two sons were heroes who accompanied ____________ on his voyage.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are two important lessons taught in the Odyssey?

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

6. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?

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

8. Why might someone want a cornucopia?

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

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

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