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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. Why does Apollo kill Coronis?
(a) Because she has stolen from him.
(b) Because she rebuked his advances.
(c) Because she lied about her identity.
(d) Because she has been unfaithful.

2. At the opening of the novel, who or what does Ovid evoke to inspire his writing?
(a) The skies.
(b) The muses.
(c) The heavens.
(d) The gods.

3. With what is Phaeton killed?
(a) A wild animal.
(b) A sword.
(c) A lightning bolt.
(d) A giant wave.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what is the Sun's palace adorned?

3. What object do Deucalian and Pyrrah throw to the earth, creating humans?

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

5. In Ovid's version of the creation of the earth, what are the first two forces to be separated?

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