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

2. What does Minerva disguise herself as when she visits Arachne?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A princess.
(c) A young girl.
(d) A swan.

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

4. How are the sons of Callirhoe altered after Hercules' death?
(a) The begin to age more slowly.
(b) They begin to age more quickly.
(c) They begin to grow in girth.
(d) They begin to grow in height.

5. What is Minos searching for in Athens?
(a) A scholar to study with him.
(b) A woman to marry him.
(c) An artist to create with him.
(d) An ally to fight with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the sailors aboard Acoetes' ship transformed into after their failed attempt to kidnap Bacchus?

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

3. How does Juno punish the servants living in Athamas and Ino's house?

4. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?

5. On what animal does Medea practice her youth-building spell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Medea attempts to help Pelias' daughter return their father to an age of youthfulness?

2. How does Io come to be pregnant with Erasmus?

3. What is the result of Phaeton's visit to the Sun?

4. Who are Philemon and Baucis?

5. According to Ovid, how is the earth created?

6. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe kill themselves?

7. Who is Erysichthon and how is he punished for his actions against the nymph?

8. Why does Tereus believe that his relationship with Procne is doomed from the start?

9. How is Pentheus killed?

10. How does Perseus come to marry Andromeda?

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