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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. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe decide to run away from their families?
(a) Because Pyramus is rich and Thisbe is poor.
(b) Because their fathers are both murderers.
(c) Because their fathers do not approve of their relationship.
(d) Because Thisbe is dying and Pyramus is the only one that can save her.

2. With what is the Sun's palace adorned?
(a) Artwork.
(b) Green vines.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Gold plated flowers.

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

4. What power does Medusa's head hold?
(a) The power to turn water to wine.
(b) The power to turn objects to gold.
(c) The power to turn people to stone.
(d) The power to turn people to snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what "age of time" are all the creatures of the earth living harmoniously with one another?

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

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

4. When the nymphs come to bury Narcissus' body, what is the only thing that they find by the pool of water?

5. What does Jupiter transform Io into in the attempts to quench his wife's suspicion?

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