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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. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.
(a) Short.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Epic.
(d) Idyll.
2. Procne was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who fell in love with ______________ and tricked her into a marriage before cutting out her tongue and locking her up.
(a) Philomela.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Erectheus.
3. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet ________________ in the underworld.
(a) Theocritus.
(b) Tieresias.
(c) Tyrtaeus.
(d) Theodectes.
4. Where were the murdering women punished?
(a) On Mt. Olympus.
(b) In Tartarus.
(c) In prison.
(d) In the town square.
5. Zeus snatched Callisto to safety and put her in the stars, where she became the __________________ constellation.
(a) Great Bear.
(b) The Owl.
(c) The Wild Duck.
(d) The Butterfly.
Short Answer Questions
1. Queen __________ welcomed Aeneas' group.
2. After killing some of the Sun-god's ______________, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm.
3. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.
4. What form did Tereus take?
5. Creüsa was raped by what god?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the story of Procne, Philomela, and Tereus explain the origins of species?
2. What are four ways in which the House of Thebes was like the House of Atreus?
3. Of these two families, which deserved their bad luck the least? Why?
4. Why is the Odyssey considered an epic poem? Why was it so important to the Greeks?
5. What are the purposes of myths, based on these stories?
6. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?
7. What are the purpose of many of these stories?
8. Why might Zeus have struck Aesculapius dead?
9. What story explains the creation of spiders? How does this explain the creation of spiders?
10. How are some of the stars explained in this section?
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