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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Agamemnon had sacrificed whom to Artemis in order to set sail for Troy?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His niece.
(c) His wife.
(d) His own daughter.

2. This story is very different from the other myths in the book for ____________ reasons.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Several.
(d) Very few.

3. Who composed the Odyssey?
(a) The Greek bard Plato.
(b) The Greek bard Homer.
(c) The Roman bard Plato.
(d) The Roman bard Homer.

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

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

6. Proper _____________ was also considered very important in order to appease the spirits of the dead.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Memorial services.
(c) Mourning.
(d) Dress.

7. Amymone was pursued by a ________ but saved by Poseidon.
(a) Troll.
(b) Gnome.
(c) Dwarf.
(d) Satyr.

8. The House of Thebes was in many ways as unlucky as the House of Atreus, but their troubles seemed ________.
(a) Much more deserved.
(b) A lot less deserved.
(c) Not as bad.
(d) Much worse.

9. Oedipus saved the city from _____________, a monster that asked riddles of travelers who passed by.
(a) The Succubus.
(b) The Sphinx.
(c) The Lynx.
(d) The Gargoyle.

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

11. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Atreus.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Ares.

12. The gods were furious and sent him to ______________, a section for punishment in the underworld.
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Tarrantala.
(c) Titanium.
(d) Tartar.

13. Procne became a ______________ that sang mournfully for her dead son whom she now regretted killing.
(a) Robin.
(b) Nightingale.
(c) Whippoorwhill.
(d) Cricket.

14. Why did Oedipus leave home and travel to Thebes?
(a) He heard a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
(b) He had a falling-out with his parents.
(c) He wanted adventure.
(d) He was unhappy at home.

15. These two sisters had __________ nieces.
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orithyia was carried away against her will by whom?

2. On Circe's island the men were turned into what?

3. Procris was happily married to Cephalus, until one day Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, ____________.

4. Later, Midas was given ___________ by Apollo for siding with Pan instead of Apollo in a music contest.

5. After escaping from Troy, Aeneas traveled with whom to find a new home?

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