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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of flower is Proserpina collecting when Dis first finds her?
(a) Violets.
(b) Marigolds.
(c) Salvia.
(d) Roses.

3. What does Hercules break off of Achelous during their battle?
(a) His wings.
(b) His collarbones.
(c) His nose.
(d) His horn.

4. What does Jupiter transform Io into in the attempts to quench his wife's suspicion?
(a) A rat.
(b) A swan.
(c) A cow.
(d) A flower.

5. As punishment for harming a nymph, what is Dyrope slowly transformed into?
(a) A tree.
(b) A flower.
(c) A bear.
(d) A mountain.

6. After Juno is so enraged with Tiresias' answer to her question, what does she do to him?
(a) She blinds him.
(b) She mutes him.
(c) She deafens him.
(d) She shrinks him.

7. At the opening of the novel, who or what does Ovid evoke to inspire his writing?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The skies.
(c) The gods.
(d) The muses.

8. What poisonous object does the beast give to Deianara right before it dies?
(a) An apple.
(b) A crown.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A cloak.

9. What color is Scylla's father's hair?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

10. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Toads.
(d) Dolphins.

11. What animal does Pyramus think attacked and killed Thisbe?
(a) A lion.
(b) A bear.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A shark.

12. What does Medea agree to do in exchange for marrying Jason?
(a) Help him through magical tasks.
(b) Beg her father to rethink the tasks.
(c) Kill her father so that Jason will not have to complete the tasks.
(d) Complete the tasks for Jason.

13. How does Pyramus kill himself?
(a) He drinks a vile of poison.
(b) He stabs himself with a sword.
(c) He drowns himself in the sea.
(d) He tears his own heart in two.

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

15. How does Juno punish the servants living in Athamas and Ino's house?
(a) She drowns them in a river.
(b) She feeds them to poisonous snakes.
(c) She turns them to stone.
(d) She transforms them into rats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the tears of the sea nymph who sees Dis steal Proserpina transform into?

3. After visiting a man named Lycaon, what disastrous event does Jupiter create to wipe out humanity?

4. Over what does Achelous find himself in a fight with Hercules?

5. What power does Medusa's head hold?

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