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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. Who were Atreus' children?
(a) Mimnermus and Antimachus.
(b) Menelaus and Agamemnon.
(c) Moschus and Apollodorus.
(d) Moppian and Aratus.

2. What did Jocasta and Oedipus do when they realized they were mother and son?
(a) Oedipus killed Jocasta and then killed himself.
(b) They both blinded themselves.
(c) Jocasta killed herself, and Oedipus blinded himself before going into exile.
(d) Jocasta killed Oedipus and then killed herself.

3. Later, Midas was given ___________ by Apollo for siding with Pan instead of Apollo in a music contest.
(a) Elephant ears.
(b) Asses' ears.
(c) A pig's tail.
(d) A pig's snout.

4. 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 stranger.
(b) A Greek.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A neighbor.

5. Creüsa was raped by what god?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Proper _____________ was also considered very important in order to appease the spirits of the dead.

2. Odysseus' adventures were told in the _________ poem The Odyssey.

3. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be ___________.

4. Clytie was a mortal woman who loved the Sun-god and pined away while watching the sun. What did she do after she was turned into a sunflower?

5. King Laius heard a prophecy that his own son would kill him, so the baby was sent away to be left to die on a hillside. What did the servant do with the baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might someone want a cornucopia?

3. Why might Zeus have struck Aesculapius dead?

4. Summarize two stories found in this section. How do they explain the qualities of a hero?

5. 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?

6. How is Aeneas' story unique?

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

8. How is Aeneas like both Jason and Odysseus?

9. Who are two members of this family who did not deserve the bad luck they received? Why?

10. Of these two families, which deserved their bad luck the least? Why?

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