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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 does everything that Midas touches turn into?
(a) Gold.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Fire.
(d) Water.

2. What do the gods say that Laomedon must do to his daughter Hesion?
(a) Drown her.
(b) Burn her at the stake.
(c) Sacrifice her.
(d) Marry her.

3. Who is Venus having an affair with when her husband, Vulcan, discovers them?
(a) Mars.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mercury.

4. Which of the following animals does Thesion transform into to escape Peleus?
(a) A bird.
(b) A fish.
(c) A lion.
(d) A donkey.

5. How are the sons of Callirhoe altered after Hercules' death?
(a) They begin to grow in height.
(b) The begin to age more slowly.
(c) They begin to age more quickly.
(d) They begin to grow in girth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member does Myrrha inappropriately fall in love with?

2. What type of animal begins attacking Ceyx's livestock?

3. What does Diana sacrifice in the place of Iphigenia?

4. In Ovid's version of the creation of the earth, what are the first two forces to be separated?

5. What is Eurydice bitten by on the day of her wedding?

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