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

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

3. What type of beast does Apollo give Cononis' baby to?
(a) An ogre.
(b) A centaur.
(c) A giant.
(d) A mermaid.

4. When Apollo goes missing, what does Mercury steal from him?
(a) His gold.
(b) His music.
(c) His wife.
(d) His flocks.

5. What is the name of the nymph that first falls in love with Narcissus?
(a) Obsession.
(b) Echo.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal propels Juno's chariot?

2. After Tiresias is struck by a stick, what is changed about him?

3. Who does Cupid's first arrow hit?

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

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

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