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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Tiresias | Book 3: Narcissus and Echo | Book 3: Pentheus and Bacchus | Book 4: The Daughters of Minyas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phaeton request from his father to prove the validity of their relationship?
(a) To hold his lightning rod.
(b) To light his sky.
(c) To ride in his chariot.
(d) To flower his earth.

2. In response to Juno's actions against Tiresias, what gift does Jupiter give the old man?
(a) The ability to love.
(b) The ability to fly.
(c) The gift of everlasting life.
(d) The ability to prophecy.

3. Who does Cupid's first arrow hit?
(a) Olympus.
(b) Io.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Jupiter.

4. In Ovid's version of the creation of the earth, what are the first two forces to be separated?
(a) Heavy air from light air.
(b) Humans from gods.
(c) Light from dark.
(d) Land from water.

5. After visiting a man named Lycaon, what disastrous event does Jupiter create to wipe out humanity?
(a) A flood.
(b) A monsoon.
(c) A fire.
(d) A tornado.

Short Answer Questions

1. In hearing of Mercury's affections for Herse, what goddess does Minerva transform herself into?

2. Which of the following gods creates the four seasons for man?

3. After Juno is so enraged with Tiresias' answer to her question, what does she do to him?

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

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

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