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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Arachne | Book 6: Niobe | Book 6: The Lycian Peasants | Book 6: Marsyas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about Argus' face?
(a) He has many teeth.
(b) He has many eyes.
(c) He has many tongues.
(d) He has many ears.

2. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?
(a) Cover your head.
(b) Wear your garments loose.
(c) Throw the bones of your mother behind your back.
(d) Use your hands to dig to the wet soil of earth.

3. After Minerva begins to beat her, how does Arachne commit suicide?
(a) She holds her breath until she dies.
(b) She drinks poison.
(c) She stabs herself through the heart.
(d) She hangs herself.

4. What does Jupiter transform Io into in the attempts to quench his wife's suspicion?
(a) A cow.
(b) A flower.
(c) A swan.
(d) A rat.

5. What object do Deucalian and Pyrrah throw to the earth, creating humans?
(a) Stones.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Berries.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?

2. What skill do both Arachne and Minerva hold?

3. During the competition, what does Minerva's portrait exemplify?

4. In hearing of Mercury's affections for Herse, what goddess does Minerva transform herself into?

5. What type of tree does Jupiter change Daphne into in order to protect her?

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