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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. Where do Cadmus and his wife live out the rest of their days after their transformation?
(a) In their same home.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In the clouds.
(d) In the underworld.

2. After Minerva begins to beat her, how does Arachne commit suicide?
(a) She stabs herself through the heart.
(b) She drinks poison.
(c) She holds her breath until she dies.
(d) She hangs herself.

3. Why does Juno become enraged with Athamas and Ino?
(a) For being good parents.
(b) For killing a water nymph.
(c) For blaspheming her name.
(d) For stealing crops from the poor.

4. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?
(a) Wear your garments loose.
(b) Cover your head.
(c) Throw the bones of your mother behind your back.
(d) Use your hands to dig to the wet soil of earth.

5. What type of beast does Apollo give Cononis' baby to?
(a) A centaur.
(b) A giant.
(c) An ogre.
(d) A mermaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Arachne is dead, what type of animal does Minerva transform her body into?

2. What does Minerva disguise herself as when she visits Arachne?

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

4. In response to Juno's actions against Tiresias, what gift does Jupiter give the old man?

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

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