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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Athamas and Ino | Book 4: The Transformation of Cadmus | Book 4: Perseus and Andromeda | Book 5: Perseus' Fight in the Palace of Cepheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Juno punish the servants living in Athamas and Ino's house?
(a) She turns them to stone.
(b) She feeds them to poisonous snakes.
(c) She transforms them into rats.
(d) She drowns them in a river.

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

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

4. After Tiresias is struck by a stick, what is changed about him?
(a) His height.
(b) His gender.
(c) His speech.
(d) His ability to love.

5. How does Pyramus kill himself?
(a) He drowns himself in the sea.
(b) He stabs himself with a sword.
(c) He drinks a vile of poison.
(d) He tears his own heart in two.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Castillo is reunited with her son, what does Jupiter transform the pair into?

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

3. Where do Cadmus and his wife live out the rest of their days after their transformation?

4. Why does Apollo kill Coronis?

5. What type of beast does Apollo give Cononis' baby to?

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