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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. Whose oracle does Ceyx seek out for advice after his livestock are attacked?

2. How is Acis killed?

3. What is Anaxerta transformed into after she rebukes Iphis?

4. What is interesting about Cycnus' skin?

5. Who gives Romulus the gift of immortality after her restores his grandfather's throne?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Myrrha transform into a tree?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Orpheus die?

7. Why does Daedalion throw himself off a cliff?

8. How does Picus find himself transformed into a woodpecker?

9. How is Crotana founded?

10. What is interesting about Aeneas' three daughters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of Ovid's relationships in the text seem to end the same way - with one or both of the lovers in extreme pain. Choose two relationships featured in the novel and explain how pain inevitably rose from the couple's love.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

After the flood, there were very specific instructions given to the survivors as to how the world should be repopulated. Explain how the two survivors came to be selected, describe their instructions for re-population, and describe the survivors' reaction to their instructions.

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