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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 13: The Fall of Troy | Book 13: Hecuba, Polyxena, and Polydorus | Book 13: Memnon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the tears of the sea nymph who sees Dis steal Proserpina transform into?
(a) A stream.
(b) A gravestone.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A black hole.

2. Who does Cupid's first arrow hit?
(a) Olympus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Io.

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

4. On what continent does Miletus give birth to twins?
(a) Africa.
(b) Europe.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Asia.

5. What does the water nymph transform the attacking animals into?
(a) Gold.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Marble.
(d) Granite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nestor leave Hercules out of his story about the Trojan War?

2. What does everything that Midas touches turn into?

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

4. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe decide to run away from their families?

5. How does Clytie respond to the Sun's affair with Leucothoe?

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