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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. Pelops married Princess Hippodamia after defeating her father in ____________ to win her hand.
(a) A jousting match.
(b) Game of chess.
(c) A foot race.
(d) A chariot race.

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

3. Why did visiting the underworld mark Aeneas as a very special hero?
(a) Only a few mortals made it to the underworld.
(b) Only a few mortals in the Greek myths went to the underworld and returned.
(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.

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?
(a) She wept yellow petals.
(b) She turned to face the sun.
(c) She let her heavy head sink to the ground.
(d) She died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who composed the Odyssey?

2. Orithyia's two sons were heroes who accompanied ____________ on his voyage.

3. This bad luck began with Tantalus, who served up his own son at a banquet for the gods, perhaps to do what?

4. One of the earliest kings was _______________, who ruled at the time Demeter brought agriculture to earth.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the moral message of this family's stories?

3. How does the story of Procne, Philomela, and Tereus explain the origins of species?

4. How is Aeneas' story unique?

5. How are the lessons learned from these stories relevant today?

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

7. Why might someone want a cornucopia?

8. What story explains the creation of spiders? How does this explain the creation of spiders?

9. 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?

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

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