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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. Who bursts into Perseus and Andromeda's wedding, causing a disturbance?
(a) Andromeda's fiance.
(b) Perseus' wife.
(c) Andromeda's brother.
(d) Perseus' mother.

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

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

4. What animal does Juno transform Castillo into?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A bear.
(c) A fox.
(d) A deer.

5. Why does Juno become enraged with Athamas and Ino?
(a) For killing a water nymph.
(b) For stealing crops from the poor.
(c) For blaspheming her name.
(d) For being good parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason ask Medea to give his ailing father?

2. How many children does Niobe lose after she refuses to comply with the gods?

3. In response to Juno's actions against Tiresias, what gift does Jupiter give the old man?

4. Who is Phaeton's father?

5. What type of flower is Proserpina collecting when Dis first finds her?

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