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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many children does Niobe lose after she refuses to comply with the gods?
(a) Three.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. During the competition, what does Minerva's portrait exemplify?
(a) The violence of the Olympian gods.
(b) The glory of the Olympian gods.
(c) The dangers of the underworld.
(d) The beauty of the Athens landscape.

4. What is Cephalus doing when he says he was kidnapped by Aurora?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Sewing.

5. What power does Medusa's head hold?
(a) The power to turn water to wine.
(b) The power to turn people to stone.
(c) The power to turn objects to gold.
(d) The power to turn people to snakes.

6. With what is the Sun's palace adorned?
(a) Gold plated flowers.
(b) Green vines.
(c) Artwork.
(d) Photographs.

7. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe decide to run away from their families?
(a) Because their fathers are both murderers.
(b) Because their fathers do not approve of their relationship.
(c) Because Thisbe is dying and Pyramus is the only one that can save her.
(d) Because Pyramus is rich and Thisbe is poor.

8. What is the name of the king who rules over Alcathous?
(a) Nicos.
(b) Nisus.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Narley.

9. What are the sailors aboard Acoetes' ship transformed into after their failed attempt to kidnap Bacchus?
(a) Starfish.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Sea urchins.
(d) Mermen.

10. Where do the furies, including Tisiphone, live?
(a) In the tree branches.
(b) In the underworld.
(c) In the clouds.
(d) In the water pods.

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

12. What type of tree does Jupiter change Daphne into in order to protect her?
(a) A hickory tree.
(b) A laurel tree.
(c) A magnolia tree.
(d) An olive tree.

13. Over what does Achelous find himself in a fight with Hercules?
(a) Gold.
(b) A woman.
(c) A fish.
(d) Crops.

14. Who does Pronce kill in order to get back at her husband, Tereus?
(a) Tereus' mother.
(b) Tereus' father.
(c) Tereus' son.
(d) Tereus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cupid's first arrow hit?

2. What animal propels Juno's chariot?

3. Where does Salmacis grab Hermaphrodites, begging the gods to make them as one?

4. When Medea first sees Jason, which of the following best describes her response?

5. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?

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