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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. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A Greek.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A stranger.

2. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey?
(a) One.
(b) All but one ship.
(c) All of them.
(d) All but two ships.

3. Aeneas obeyed immediately, and the heartbroken Queen ______________.
(a) Poisoned him.
(b) Committed suicide.
(c) Poisoned herself.
(d) Fell asleep and never woke up.

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

5. Pelops' sons Atreus and Thyestes quarreled over Thyestes' affair with whom?
(a) Hera.
(b) Princess Hippodamia.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Atreus' wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jocasta and Oedipus do when they realized they were mother and son?

2. Queen __________ welcomed Aeneas' group.

3. After encountering some of the same dangers that Odysseus and Jason faced on their adventures, a storm washed Aeneas and his fellow travelers up near Carthage on the north coast of _________.

4. The two sisters escaped, but Tereus pursued them. The gods turned them all into what?

5. Who composed the Odyssey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why might someone want a cornucopia?

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

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

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

7. What are four ways in which the House of Thebes was like the House of Atreus?

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

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. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?

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