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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Tiresias is struck by a stick, what is changed about him?
(a) His speech.
(b) His height.
(c) His ability to love.
(d) His gender.

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

4. What is unique about Argus' face?
(a) He has many tongues.
(b) He has many teeth.
(c) He has many eyes.
(d) He has many ears.

5. On what continent does Miletus give birth to twins?
(a) Asia.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Africa.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pronce kill in order to get back at her husband, Tereus?

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

3. What type of animal attempts to attack Deianara while she is walking through the woods?

4. What does Jupiter transform Io into in the attempts to quench his wife's suspicion?

5. What does Phaeton request from his father to prove the validity of their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hercules killed?

2. What happens when Cephalus calls for a breeze to cool him in the woods?

3. What condition does Jupiter come up with for the return of Proserpina from the underworld?

4. What prophecy does Meleager's mother remember in regards to her son's life and death?

5. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe kill themselves?

6. How does the competition between Minerva and Arachne progress?

7. How does Perseus come to marry Andromeda?

8. Who are Philemon and Baucis?

9. Who do Cupid's first two arrows shoot, and what is the outcome?

10. Why is the beautiful princess transformed into a Crow?

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