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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 is Eurydice bitten by on the day of her wedding?

2. To whom does the council award the armor that has been fought over by Ajax and Ulysses?

3. How does the enemy of Rome get in to defeat the city?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pygmalion meet his wife?

2. How does Scylla exact her revenge on Circe?

3. How does Orpheus lose his wife, Eurydice?

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

5. How is Achilles killed?

6. How does Orpheus die?

7. How is Crotana founded?

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

9. Why does Daedalion throw himself off a cliff?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The forces of nature are very strong throughout the novel. Many characters find themselves transformed into earthly elements such as water, trees, and flowers. Choose two examples of characters that were transformed into earthly elements and explain the circumstances of their transformations, and what their transformations symbolized.

Essay Topic 3

Many characters take over as the active narrator in "Metamorphoses". Choose one narrator who functioned as the main storyteller in the novel, and explain how the story was altered by that character's unique voice and perspective.

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