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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 Adonis die?
(a) He is drowned by an angry water nymph.
(b) He is trampled to death by stampeding livestock.
(c) He is mauled to death in the woods.
(d) He transforms into a flower and lives forever.

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

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

4. How does Ciprius feel about being exiled from the land?
(a) He was saddened.
(b) He was apathetic.
(c) He was pleased.
(d) He was terrified.

5. What type of bird is Daedalion transformed into when he jumps off the cliff?
(a) A kingfisher.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which goddess sends omens to Julius Caesar about his fate?

2. What is the name of Romulus' grandfather, whose throne he restored?

3. How does Glaucus respond to Circe when she offers herself to him?

4. How does Circe attempt to lure Picus into the woods?

5. Where does Orpheus go to attempt to win back his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Midas find himself with the ears of a donkey?

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

3. How does Circe exact her revenge on Scylla?

4. Why does Pythagoras believe that man should abstain from eating meat?

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

6. How does Pygmalion meet his wife?

7. How is Memnon remembered after his death at Hercules' hands?

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

9. What happens during the battle between Achilles and Cycnus?

10. What story does Hippolytus tell Numa's wife when she is mourning over her husband's death?

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