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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Pronce's relationship to Philomena?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are best friends.
(d) They are mother-daughter.

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

4. What does Juno enlist Tisiphone to do?
(a) Turn Athamas and Ino blind.
(b) Kill all of Athamas and Ino's livestock.
(c) Steal all the riches of Athamas and Ino.
(d) Turn Athamas and Ino mad.

5. Who is Phaeton's father?
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Moon.
(c) The Wind.
(d) The Sea.

6. In what "age of time" are all the creatures of the earth living harmoniously with one another?
(a) The Silver Age.
(b) The Bronze Age.
(c) The Gold Age.
(d) The Iron Age.

7. What type of beast does Apollo give Cononis' baby to?
(a) A giant.
(b) A mermaid.
(c) An ogre.
(d) A centaur.

8. What type of animal does Meleager kill, giving all of the credit to Atalanta?
(a) A badger.
(b) A boar.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) A coyote.

9. What type of plant does Dyrope pick to give to Hercules when he is born?
(a) A magnolia.
(b) A lily.
(c) A lotus.
(d) A narcissis.

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

11. After Arachne is dead, what type of animal does Minerva transform her body into?
(a) A moth.
(b) A ladybug.
(c) A cockroach.
(d) A spider.

12. In hearing of Mercury's affections for Herse, what goddess does Minerva transform herself into?
(a) Envy.
(b) Greed.
(c) Lust.
(d) Anger.

13. Which of the following best describes Hercules' death?
(a) Slow.
(b) Quick.
(c) Unnoticed.
(d) Messy.

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

15. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?
(a) Cover your head.
(b) Wear your garments loose.
(c) Use your hands to dig to the wet soil of earth.
(d) Throw the bones of your mother behind your back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years is Tereus married to Procne before he begins to see other women?

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

3. At the opening of the novel, who or what does Ovid evoke to inspire his writing?

4. What color is Scylla's father's hair?

5. Why does Juno become enraged with Athamas and Ino?

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