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

2. What happened to Antigone when she ignored Creon's edict and buried her brother?
(a) She was praised for her love for her brother.
(b) She was punished by being buried alive, hanging herself in the tomb rather than facing death by starvation.
(c) She was send to the underworld to suffer.
(d) She was run through with a sword.

3. Creüsa was raped by what god?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Apollo.

4. Aurora, goddess of ___________, loved a mortal named Tithonus.
(a) The evening.
(b) The dawn.
(c) The night.
(d) Dusk.

5. Midas asked for whatever he touched to turn to what?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cadmus married _____________, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares.

3. The House of Thebes was in many ways as unlucky as the House of Atreus, but their troubles seemed ________.

4. Amalthea was a _________ whose milk fed Zeus.

5. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are the lessons learned from these stories relevant today?

5. How does the story of Procne, Philomela, and Tereus explain the origins of species?

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

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

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

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

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