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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 15: The Death of Numa | Book 15: Hippolytus | Book 15: Cipus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hercules kill the beast that is attacking Deianara in the woods?
(a) He stabs it.
(b) He sets it on fire.
(c) He drowns it.
(d) He wrestles it.

2. What animal makes up half of Pan's body?
(a) Goat.
(b) Bull.
(c) Horse.
(d) Donkey.

3. What does Phaeton request from his father to prove the validity of their relationship?
(a) To flower his earth.
(b) To hold his lightning rod.
(c) To light his sky.
(d) To ride in his chariot.

4. Who has stolen Aeneas' daughters and forced them into slavery?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Bacchus.

5. Who rescues Ulysses from Circe's evil magic, allowing him to rescue his men?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Circe transform the soldiers scouting her island into?

2. What is Minos searching for in Athens?

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

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

5. Who gives Romulus the gift of immortality after her restores his grandfather's throne?

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