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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8: Perdix | Book 8: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar | Book 8: Althaea and Meleager | Book 8: Achelous and the Nymphs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jason ask Medea to give his ailing father?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Strength.
(c) Peace.
(d) Death.

2. What type of insect reoccurs in Minos' dreams of the tree?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Ants.
(c) Termites.
(d) Bees.

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

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

5. What does Medea instruct Pelias' daughters to do to their father?
(a) Cut off one of their father's toes.
(b) Remove the skin from his body.
(c) Drain him of his blood.
(d) Shave off all their father's hair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Arachne is dead, what type of animal does Minerva transform her body into?

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

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

5. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?

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