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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Athamas and Ino | Book 4: The Transformation of Cadmus | Book 4: Perseus and Andromeda | Book 5: Perseus' Fight in the Palace of Cepheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Clytie respond to the Sun's affair with Leucothoe?
(a) Clytie has Leucothoe buried alive.
(b) Clytie tears Leucothoe's heart out.
(c) Clytie extinguishes the Sun.
(d) Clytie kills herself from the anguish.

2. What does Phaeton request from his father to prove the validity of their relationship?
(a) To ride in his chariot.
(b) To flower his earth.
(c) To light his sky.
(d) To hold his lightning rod.

3. Who does Cupid's first arrow hit?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Io.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Jupiter.

4. What animal does Pyramus think attacked and killed Thisbe?
(a) A bear.
(b) A lion.
(c) A shark.
(d) A vulture.

5. After Juno is so enraged with Tiresias' answer to her question, what does she do to him?
(a) She deafens him.
(b) She shrinks him.
(c) She blinds him.
(d) She mutes him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In hearing of Mercury's affections for Herse, what goddess does Minerva transform herself into?

2. After visiting a man named Lycaon, what disastrous event does Jupiter create to wipe out humanity?

3. How does Juno punish the servants living in Athamas and Ino's house?

4. Who is Venus having an affair with when her husband, Vulcan, discovers them?

5. What object do Deucalian and Pyrrah throw to the earth, creating humans?

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