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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. What power does Medusa's head hold?
(a) The power to turn objects to gold.
(b) The power to turn people to stone.
(c) The power to turn water to wine.
(d) The power to turn people to snakes.

2. Who is Phaeton's father?
(a) The Wind.
(b) The Moon.
(c) The Sea.
(d) The Sun.

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

4. How many years is Tereus married to Procne before he begins to see other women?
(a) Five years.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Five months.
(d) Five days.

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 Iron Age.
(b) The Silver Age.
(c) The Bronze Age.
(d) The Gold Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her conversation with the raven, what does the crow claim to have been before her transformation?

2. Over what does Achelous find himself in a fight with Hercules?

3. What type of insect reoccurs in Minos' dreams of the tree?

4. What part of her father's body does Scylla present to Minos in an act of love?

5. Which of the following gods creates the four seasons for man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Procne respond when she receives news of the way that Tereus is treating her sister, Philomena?

2. What significant events happen surrounding the birth of Hercules?

3. What happens when Medea attempts to help Pelias' daughter return their father to an age of youthfulness?

4. What is a Minotaur, and what is Minos' reaction to it?

5. What happens when Andromeda's fiance breaks up her wedding to Perseus?

6. Why does Tereus believe that his relationship with Procne is doomed from the start?

7. How does Europa come to be missing?

8. What is the result of Phaeton's visit to the Sun?

9. What happens after Juno enlists Tisiphone to help her extract her revenge on Athamas and Ino?

10. In what ways do the brave villagers in Crete attempt to kill the wild boar that has been terrorizing the village?

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