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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 Apollo's mortal first name?

2. What is one Roman word for the eurynomos?

3. Who is Reyna's mother?

4. What instrument does Apollo usually play?

5. Who does the Cumaen Sybil sell her books to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Apollo help hold off the eurynomos in Part I?

2. How does Hazel help save Apollo and Meg in Part I?

3. How do Meg and Apollo survive their car careening off a guardrail?

4. Who does Apollo tell the assembled people at Camp Jupiter he is hoping he can enlist to help them all?

5. Why are Commodus and Caligula working together?

6. What is the threat Venus made to Apollo about Reyna?

7. How does a eurynomos make new ones of its species?

8. What power of Hazel's is Meg particularly impressed with in Part II?

9. What does Apollo remember Jason imploring him to do just before he died?

10. What does Apollo learn will coincide with the date of Lester's birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the traits of some of the strong female characters in this novel - Meg, Reyna, and/or Lavinia, to name several - citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Which characters exhibit the strongest examples of self-sacrifice? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do Meg and Reyna both begin to look at Apollo with a more critical eye as the novel progresses in terms of his decisions and behaviors he made as a god? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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