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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. How do the women of Thracian attempt to kill Orpheus?
(a) By stoning him.
(b) By poisoning him.
(c) By setting him on fire.
(d) By drowning him.

2. What does Juno enlist Tisiphone to do?
(a) Turn Athamas and Ino blind.
(b) Kill all of Athamas and Ino's livestock.
(c) Turn Athamas and Ino mad.
(d) Steal all the riches of Athamas and Ino.

3. What part of her father's body does Scylla present to Minos in an act of love?
(a) His scalp.
(b) His heart.
(c) His spine.
(d) His eyes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of nymph is Galatea?

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

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

4. What soldier is Cycnus worried has infuriated the goddess Diana?

5. How does Orpheus attempt to charm his way out of death?

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