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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Arachne | Book 6: Niobe | Book 6: The Lycian Peasants | Book 6: Marsyas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the nymph that first falls in love with Narcissus?
(a) Obsession.
(b) Echo.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Self.

2. What are the sailors aboard Acoetes' ship transformed into after their failed attempt to kidnap Bacchus?
(a) Starfish.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Sea urchins.
(d) Mermen.

3. When Apollo goes missing, what does Mercury steal from him?
(a) His wife.
(b) His flocks.
(c) His music.
(d) His gold.

4. In response to Juno's actions against Tiresias, what gift does Jupiter give the old man?
(a) The ability to prophecy.
(b) The ability to fly.
(c) The ability to love.
(d) The gift of everlasting life.

5. In hearing of Mercury's affections for Herse, what goddess does Minerva transform herself into?
(a) Greed.
(b) Lust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Envy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?

2. What does Juno enlist Tisiphone to do?

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

4. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?

5. Where do Cadmus and his wife live out the rest of their days after their transformation?

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