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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 Galatea respond to Acis' death?
(a) She is amused.
(b) She is heartbroken.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is relieved.

2. How does Hippolytus die?
(a) He falls out of a Juniper tree.
(b) He is bitten by a viper in the woods.
(c) He is dragged to death by his horses.
(d) He is killed by a lightning bolt.

3. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ajax gives when fighting for the armor?
(a) His ancestral lines.
(b) His fighting history.
(c) His battle scars.
(d) His strong body.

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

5. What does Myrrha turn herself into to avoid being killed?
(a) A stream.
(b) A tree.
(c) A bird.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes Myrrha?

2. Whose armor is fought over between Ajax and Ulysses?

3. How does Orpheus attempt to charm his way out of death?

4. When Paris runs away from Troy, what has he stolen?

5. How do the women of Thracian attempt to kill Orpheus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pygmalion meet his wife?

2. How does Hippomenes outsmart Atalanta?

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

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

5. How does Peleus eventually get Thetis to marry him?

6. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

7. How does Circe exact her revenge on Scylla?

8. What is interesting about Aeneas' three daughters?

9. How does Scylla exact her revenge on Circe?

10. How is Crotana founded?

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