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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. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ulysses gives when fighting for the armor?

2. What is Numa's wife transformed into after she disturbs the landmark in the woods?

3. How does Circe attempt to lure Picus into the woods?

4. What is Eurydice bitten by on the day of her wedding?

5. Who rescues Ulysses from Circe's evil magic, allowing him to rescue his men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Pygmalion meet his wife?

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

7. How is Achilles killed?

8. What story does Hippolytus tell Numa's wife when she is mourning over her husband's death?

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

10. How does Hecuba exact her revenge on her son, Polydorus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pythagoras acts as an important speaker at the end of Ovid's novel. Explain the arguments that Pythagoras gave, and how they acted to summarize the messages that Ovid attempted to make throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Taking a woman by force is an unfortunately common practice in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Explain how women are treated by the gods in the novel, and how the practice of taking a woman by force relates to the idea of love.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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