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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who composed the Odyssey?
(a) The Roman bard Homer.
(b) The Greek bard Homer.
(c) The Roman bard Plato.
(d) The Greek bard Plato.
2. Why did Oedipus leave home and travel to Thebes?
(a) He wanted adventure.
(b) He was unhappy at home.
(c) He heard a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
(d) He had a falling-out with his parents.
3. King Laius of Thebes was a descendant of ______________, married to a distant cousin called Jocasta.
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Ares.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Atreus.
4. Oedipus saved the city from _____________, a monster that asked riddles of travelers who passed by.
(a) The Succubus.
(b) The Lynx.
(c) The Sphinx.
(d) The Gargoyle.
5. Aeneas visited the underworld briefly before sailing to a spot near the River __________ on the Italian coast.
(a) Tiber.
(b) Tronto.
(c) Tesino.
(d) Tagliamento.
Short Answer Questions
1. The House of Thebes was in many ways as unlucky as the House of Atreus, but their troubles seemed ________.
2. Callisto was loved by Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera turned her into a _________ and arranged for her son to kill it.
3. The teeth turned into ______, who fought until five remained?
4. Zeus snatched Callisto to safety and put her in the stars, where she became the __________________ constellation.
5. ________________ was the son of Apollo and a mortal woman whom Apollo killed for being unfaithful.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the moral message of this family's stories?
2. Why might Zeus have struck Aesculapius dead?
3. How does the story of Procne, Philomela, and Tereus explain the origins of species?
4. What are two important lessons taught in the Odyssey?
5. How are some of the stars explained in this section?
6. 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?
7. What story explains the creation of spiders? How does this explain the creation of spiders?
8. How is Aeneas tied to the great Roman Republic?
9. How is Aeneas' story unique?
10. How is Odysseus set apart from other heroes? What does this say about the Greeks at this time?
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