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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 13: The Pilgrimage of Aeneas | Book 13: Acis and Galatea | Book 13: Scylla and Glaucus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ajax gives when fighting for the armor?
(a) His strong body.
(b) His ancestral lines.
(c) His fighting history.
(d) His battle scars.

2. How does Orpheus attempt to charm his way out of death?
(a) By painting.
(b) By dancing.
(c) By reciting poetry.
(d) By singing.

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

4. What does everything that Midas touches turn into?
(a) Gold.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

5. After Juno is so enraged with Tiresias' answer to her question, what does she do to him?
(a) She deafens him.
(b) She blinds him.
(c) She mutes him.
(d) She shrinks him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose armor is fought over between Ajax and Ulysses?

2. How many days does Hercules' mother claim to have been in labor when her son was born?

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

4. What are the sailors aboard Acoetes' ship transformed into after their failed attempt to kidnap Bacchus?

5. Who has stolen Aeneas' daughters and forced them into slavery?

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