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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jason arrive at King Aetes' court?
(a) To claim righful ownership to the sword.
(b) To take back the golden fleece.
(c) To return the gold he stole.
(d) To marry Medea.

2. Over what does Achelous find himself in a fight with Hercules?
(a) Crops.
(b) Gold.
(c) A woman.
(d) A fish.

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

4. What animal, when mated with a human, produces a Minotaur?
(a) A moose.
(b) A bull.
(c) A cariboo.
(d) A buffalo.

5. In what "age of time" does war begin to break out, but there is still a sense of normality in the daily lives of the people?
(a) The Gold Age.
(b) The Iron Age.
(c) The Bronze Age.
(d) The Silver Age.

6. What is Pronce's relationship to Philomena?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are mother-daughter.
(d) They are cousins.

7. With what type of material are Icarus' wings fashioned?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wax.
(c) Lead.
(d) Sand.

8. What does Jason ask Medea to give his ailing father?
(a) Peace.
(b) Strength.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Death.

9. In her conversation with the raven, what does the crow claim to have been before her transformation?
(a) A nymph.
(b) A goddess.
(c) A warrior.
(d) A princess.

10. How are the sons of Callirhoe altered after Hercules' death?
(a) They begin to age more quickly.
(b) They begin to grow in height.
(c) They begin to grow in girth.
(d) The begin to age more slowly.

11. What type of bird are Pierus' daughters transformed into?
(a) Mockingbirds.
(b) Cardinals.
(c) Magpies.
(d) Kingfishers.

12. In Ovid's version of the creation of the earth, what are the first two forces to be separated?
(a) Humans from gods.
(b) Land from water.
(c) Light from dark.
(d) Heavy air from light air.

13. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?
(a) Toads.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Goldfish.
(d) Dolphins.

14. Which of the following gods creates the four seasons for man?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Olympus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Saturn.

15. How does Juno punish the servants living in Athamas and Ino's house?
(a) She transforms them into rats.
(b) She drowns them in a river.
(c) She turns them to stone.
(d) She feeds them to poisonous snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the competition, what does Minerva's portrait exemplify?

2. What type of tree does Jupiter change Daphne into in order to protect her?

3. Who is Phaeton's father?

4. When the nymphs come to bury Narcissus' body, what is the only thing that they find by the pool of water?

5. What type of animal attempts to attack Deianara while she is walking through the woods?

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