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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. What does Hercules break off of Achelous during their battle?
(a) His horn.
(b) His collarbones.
(c) His nose.
(d) His wings.

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

3. What is Minos searching for in Athens?
(a) An artist to create with him.
(b) A woman to marry him.
(c) A scholar to study with him.
(d) An ally to fight with him.

4. Whose armor is fought over between Ajax and Ulysses?
(a) Agamemnon's.
(b) Argus'.
(c) Apollo's.
(d) Achilles'.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the competition, what does Arachne's portrait exemplify?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the substances that Aeneas' daughters produce?

4. What is the name of the goddess that threatens Niobe?

5. What does everything that Midas touches turn into?

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