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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Pythagoras gives against the practice of eating meat?
(a) It causes animals to suffer.
(b) It is a savage practice.
(c) Nothing ever dies.
(d) Man could be eating his reincarnated relatives.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Myrrha?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Evil.
(d) Nervous.

3. Which of the following acts is considered treason in Rome?
(a) Leaving home and rebuilding in another city.
(b) Harvesting your crops early in the season.
(c) Building a house on someone else's land.
(d) Speaking ill of the Olympian gods.

4. What does Apollo conceal himself behind when he whispers advice to Paris during the war?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A wave in the sea.
(c) The shadow of a mountain.
(d) The trunk of a tree.

5. Where does Circe find Scylla when she sets out to poison her?
(a) Swimming in the sea.
(b) Eating under a grape tree.
(c) Sleeping in her bed.
(d) Reading a book in a field.

6. What sport does Hyacinth excel at?
(a) Pole vaulting.
(b) Sprinting.
(c) Hurtle jumping.
(d) Disc throwing.

7. Which family member does Myrrha inappropriately fall in love with?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

8. What is the name of Romulus' grandfather, whose throne he restored?
(a) Theulecian.
(b) Croneus.
(c) Numitor.
(d) Bromulous.

9. What does Diana sacrifice in the place of Iphigenia?
(a) A doe.
(b) A goat.
(c) A lamb.
(d) An calf.

10. Which goddess sends omens to Julius Caesar about his fate?
(a) Venus.
(b) Circe.
(c) Juno.
(d) Aphrodite.

11. What does Bacchus transform the women of Thracian into in response to their actions against Orpheus?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Streams.
(c) Trees.
(d) Birds.

12. Which of the following is the way that Cipius finds himself altered by the gods.
(a) He grew horns on his head.
(b) He grew a forked tail, which he attemtped to hide in his trousers.
(c) His hands were transformed to hooves.
(d) He began to moo like a cow rather than speak.

13. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ajax gives when fighting for the armor?
(a) His ancestral lines.
(b) His strong body.
(c) His battle scars.
(d) His fighting history.

14. What is Hippolytus' name changed to when he is given a second life?
(a) Virbius.
(b) Vatican.
(c) Venetia.
(d) Verano.

15. Which of the following characters is NOT included as an example in Pythagoras' explanation of aging?
(a) Thabes.
(b) Venus.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the gods say that Laomedon must do to his daughter Hesion?

3. How does Hippolytus die?

4. Where does Scylla hide out after her transformation?

5. Which goddess transforms Pygmalions' wife into a real woman?

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