Metamorphoses: Play Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does the closing comment of the scene, that “the vine was clinging to the tree," mean in relation to Pomona and Vertumnus? (from Scene Five – Pomona and Vertumnus (with Narcissus interlude) )

That Pomona and Vertumnus became a couple.

That Myrrha tried to strangle her father in the same way as the vine was strangling the tree.

That Pomona tried to strangle Vertumnus in the same way as the vine was strangling the tree.

That Myrrha and her father made peace with their relationship.

2.

What moral, or lesson, is taught in Scene Five - Pomona and Vertimnus? (from Scene Five – Pomona and Vertumnus (with Narcissus interlude) )

Truth is more powerful, for good or evil, than lies.

Love and desire must never be denied.

Lies are more powerful, for good or evil, than truth.

Disguising oneself leads to ultimate happiness.

3.

What causes Eurydice’s death? (from Scene Four – Orpheus and Eurydice)

She is accidentally killed by an arrow shot at an animal by Orpheus.

She is killed by Aphrodite, who is in love with Orpheus.

She is bitten by a poisonous spider.

She is bitten by a poisonous snake.

4.

Who tells Phaeton to go in search of Apollo? (from Scene Six – Phaeton)

Morpheus, who appears to him in a dream.

His buddies at school.

His mother.

The Therapist.

5.

When Baucis and Philemon are transformed into trees, the image is an echo of what image in what story from earlier in the play? (from Scene Eight – Baucis and Philemon)

The image of the dripped wax from “Pomona and Vertumnus."

The image of the paired birds from “Alcyone and Ceyx.”

The image of the vine and the tree from “Orpheus and Eurydice."

The image of the paired birds from “Phaeton."

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