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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. How does the enemy of Rome get in to defeat the city?
(a) Neptune gave the enemy wings to fly over the gates.
(b) Mercury scorched the gates of Rome, melting the metal.
(c) Jupiter unlocked the gate.
(d) Pluto made the enemy invisible so they could sneak past the gates' guards.

2. What animal makes up half of Pan's body?
(a) Bull.
(b) Donkey.
(c) Horse.
(d) Goat.

3. How does Hecuba exact her revenge upon her son, Polymestor?
(a) She poisons his stew.
(b) She sells him to the gypsies.
(c) She scalps him while he sleeps.
(d) She gouges out his eyes.

4. To whom does the council award the armor that has been fought over by Ajax and Ulysses?
(a) To Ajax.
(b) To Ulysses.
(c) To both men to split between them.
(d) To neither of the men.

5. What does Laomedon promise to pay the gods for their help in building a wall around Troy?
(a) Silk.
(b) Gold.
(c) Women.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Thesion transform into to escape Peleus?

2. Why does Nestor leave Hercules out of his story about the Trojan War?

3. How does Julius Caesar react to the omens from the goddess?

4. How does Byblis tell the family member that she is in love with him?

5. What does Apollo conceal himself behind when he whispers advice to Paris during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hecuba exact her revenge on her son, Polydorus?

2. What does Calchas see when the Greeks are chasing after the Trojans, and how is this sighting interpreted?

3. How does Romulus restore the throne of his grandfather?

4. How is Crotana founded?

5. How does Circe exact her revenge on Scylla?

6. How does Pygmalion meet his wife?

7. What story does Vertumnus tell Pomona, luring her into a relationship with him?

8. Why does Myrrha transform into a tree?

9. What does Alcyone see in her dream brought to her by the nymph Sleep?

10. What does Ovid predict about the words of his novel in his epilogue?

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