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

2. How does Turnus attempt to exact his revenge on Aeneas after they are both promised the same woman in marriage?
(a) By poisoning the wife.
(b) By burning his ships.
(c) By stabbing Aeneas' heart.
(d) By killing their first born son.

3. What is Anaxerta transformed into after she rebukes Iphis?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sand.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Stone.

4. What form does Aesculapius take when relieving the Romans of their plague?
(a) A snake.
(b) A dove.
(c) A man.
(d) A dog.

5. What is Numa's wife transformed into after she disturbs the landmark in the woods?
(a) A flowering rose bush.
(b) A pool of water.
(c) A weeping willow.
(d) A kingfisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Circe find Scylla when she sets out to poison her?

2. What is interesting about Cycnus' skin?

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

4. How do Aeneas' daughters escape their lives of slavery?

5. What animal does Jupiter transform himself into when he kidnaps Ganymede?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Hyacinth find himself transformed into a flower?

4. How does Scylla exact her revenge on Circe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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