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

2. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.
(a) Wealthy, Greek.
(b) Civilized, Greek.
(c) Powerful, Greek.
(d) Intelligent, Greek.

3. ________________ was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman whom Apollo killed for being unfaithful.
(a) Antimachus.
(b) Aesculapius.
(c) Archias.
(d) Aulus.

4. Agamemnon's son Orestes was instructed by Apollo's oracle to slay the murderer of his father. This meant killing whom?
(a) His brother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His sister.
(d) His own mother.

5. Where were the murdering women punished?
(a) In prison.
(b) In the town square.
(c) In Tartarus.
(d) On Mt. Olympus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oedipus leave home and travel to Thebes?

2. How did this beautiful nymph feel about Glaucus?

3. This king had been told in a prophecy that his daughter Lavinia was destined to marry __________, and he believed this referred to Aeneas.

4. Creüsa was raped by what god?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Aeneas' story unique?

2. What are the Danaids known for doing? Why might they have done this?

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

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

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

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

7. How did the bad luck of the House of Atreus begin? Why did it continue?

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

9. How are some of the stars explained in this section?

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

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