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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7: Medea and Aeson | Book 7: Medea and Pelias: Her Flight | Book 7: Theseus | Book 7: Minos, Aeacus, The Plague at Ageina, The Myrmidons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Salmacis grab Hermaphrodites, begging the gods to make them as one?
(a) In the clouds.
(b) In the bedroom.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In the pool.

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) Use your hands to dig to the wet soil of earth.
(d) Cover your head.

3. What is Pronce's relationship to Philomena?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are mother-daughter.
(d) They are sisters.

4. After Minerva begins to beat her, how does Arachne commit suicide?
(a) She hangs herself.
(b) She stabs herself through the heart.
(c) She drinks poison.
(d) She holds her breath until she dies.

5. Where do Cadmus and his wife live out the rest of their days after their transformation?
(a) In the underworld.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In the clouds.
(d) In their same home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years is Tereus married to Procne before he begins to see other women?

3. What does Phaeton request from his father to prove the validity of their relationship?

4. When Medea first sees Jason, which of the following best describes her response?

5. What animal does Pyramus think attacked and killed Thisbe?

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