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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Glaucus went to the witch Circe to ask for a love potion. How did Circe feel about the situation?
(a) Happy that Glaucus asked her for help.
(b) Worried that Glaucus would never be loved by the nymph.
(c) Furious that Glaucus loved Scylla and not her.
(d) Annoyed that Glaucus would waste her time on a love potion.

2. Erysichthon was punished for cutting down a tree that was sacred to what goddess?
(a) Ceres.
(b) Venus.
(c) Juno.
(d) Athena.

3. This chapter gives brief summaries of _______________ more myths.
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Forty-one.
(d) Thirty-one.

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

5. Callisto was loved by Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera turned her into a _________ and arranged for her son to kill it.
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Moose.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Bear.

6. Why did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a very special hero?
(a) Only a few mortals in the Greek myths went to the underworld and returned.
(b) Only a few mortals made it to the underworld.
(c) Mortals were not allowed to visit the underworld; this was a place for only the gods.
(d) Most mortals had no interest in going to the underworld.

7. When Aeneas and his group arrived in Italy, they were greeted warmly by __________, the local king.
(a) Latitude.
(b) Latinus.
(c) Latissimus.
(d) Longitude.

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

9. What do these myths show?
(a) How self-indulgent the gods could sometimes be.
(b) How cruel the gods could sometimes be.
(c) How forgetful the gods could sometimes be.
(d) How loving the gods could sometimes be.

10. Chiron was a wise and noble ______________ who looked after and trained heroes.
(a) Centaur.
(b) Elf.
(c) Satyr.
(d) Nymph.

11. The story of Agamemnon shows how terrible acts could cause what?
(a) Punishment from the gods on the individual performing these terrible acts.
(b) Problems for an entire city or nation.
(c) Disease.
(d) A form religious pollution.

12. With whom did Agamemnon's wife have an affair?
(a) Her brother-in-law Aegisthus.
(b) Her cousin Aegisthus.
(c) Her neighbor Aegisthus.
(d) His cousin Aegisthus.

13. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of ______________, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years.
(a) Caliope.
(b) Calypso.
(c) Caliente.
(d) Conga.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pomona was a nymph of orchards who was loved by whom?

2. This chapter describes a series of myths concerning the earliest kings and queens of Athens before who became king?

3. Who were Atreus' children?

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

5. What form did Tereus take?

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