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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 is Eurydice bitten by on the day of her wedding?
(a) A weasel.
(b) A snake.
(c) A spider.
(d) A scorpion.

2. What soldier is Cycnus worried has infuriated the goddess Diana?
(a) Caenis.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. What does Caenis request to be turned into when offered a wish from Neptune?
(a) A tree.
(b) A bird.
(c) A warrior.
(d) A man.

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

5. Who inspires Myscelus to start the land of Crotana?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Apollo.
(d) King Midas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hippolytus die?

2. What lie is told about Iphis when she is born?

3. How does Ciprius feel about being exiled from the land?

4. What animal makes up half of Pan's body?

5. What animal is Hecuba transformed into after she exacts her revenge on Polymestor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hippomenes outsmart Atalanta?

3. How is Crotana founded?

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

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

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

7. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

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

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

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

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