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

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

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

4. What skill do both Arachne and Minerva hold?
(a) Painting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Sculpting.

5. During the competition, what does Arachne's portrait exemplify?
(a) The glory of the Olympian gods.
(b) The violence of the Olympian gods.
(c) The dangers of the underworld.
(d) The beauty of the Athens landscape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the nymph that first falls in love with Narcissus?

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

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

5. Where do the furies, including Tisiphone, live?

(see the answer key)

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