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

2. How does Circe attempt to lure Picus into the woods?
(a) With a magical boar.
(b) With golden apples.
(c) With a beautiful tree nymph.
(d) With a pot of silver coins.

3. What does Pygmalion sculpt his wife out of?
(a) Clay.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Granite.

4. Which goddess convinces the nymphs to transform the gates of Rome back to their original position?
(a) Juno.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Venus.
(d) Circe.

5. Who gives Romulus the gift of immortality after her restores his grandfather's throne?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who inspires Myscelus to start the land of Crotana?

2. Which family member does Myrrha inappropriately fall in love with?

3. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ulysses gives when fighting for the armor?

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

5. What does Circe transform the soldiers scouting her island into?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cipius convince Rome to exile him to his own land?

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

4. What is interesting about Aeneas' three daughters?

5. How does Orpheus die?

6. What question does Tlepolemus ask Nestor during his storytelling, and what is Nestor's response?

7. How does Ceyx respond to the news that wolves are attacking his livestock?

8. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

9. Why does Ulysses believe that he should be entitled to Achilles' armor after he dies?

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

(see the answer keys)

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