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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jason ask Medea to give his ailing father?

2. After Juno is so enraged with Tiresias' answer to her question, what does she do to him?

3. What power does Medusa's head hold?

4. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?

5. What does Jupiter transform Io into in the attempts to quench his wife's suspicion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prophecy does Meleager's mother remember in regards to her son's life and death?

2. Who is Erysichthon and how is he punished for his actions against the nymph?

3. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe kill themselves?

4. Why does Tereus believe that his relationship with Procne is doomed from the start?

5. What happens when Jupiter goes to visit Lycaon?

6. Why is the beautiful princess transformed into a Crow?

7. What happens when Cephalus calls for a breeze to cool him in the woods?

8. Who do Cupid's first two arrows shoot, and what is the outcome?

9. What condition does Jupiter come up with for the return of Proserpina from the underworld?

10. According to Ovid, how is the earth created?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most famous arguments in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" happens between Ulysses and Ajax after Achilles dies in battle, as both men want to inherit Achilles' armor. Explain the argument that each man gave for deserving the armor, and then explain the effect that the final decision had on the plot of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Snakes and birds are the most commonly referred to animals in the text. Explain what each of these animals symbolizes in the Olympian world, and why they were the animals that humans were most commonly transformed into.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Ovid makes very clear statements about the sanctity of marriage. Compare / contrast two marriages presented in the novel, and explain how each of these marriages forwards the message that Ovid is giving the reader about the sanctity of marriage during the time of the Olympian gods.

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