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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Athamas and Ino | Book 4: The Transformation of Cadmus | Book 4: Perseus and Andromeda | Book 5: Perseus' Fight in the Palace of Cepheus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe decide to run away from their families?
(a) Because their fathers are both murderers.
(b) Because their fathers do not approve of their relationship.
(c) Because Thisbe is dying and Pyramus is the only one that can save her.
(d) Because Pyramus is rich and Thisbe is poor.

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

3. After Tiresias is struck by a stick, what is changed about him?
(a) His speech.
(b) His ability to love.
(c) His gender.
(d) His height.

4. As Cadmus and his wife mourn Athamas and Ino, what animals are they turned into by their grief?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Toads.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Snakes.

5. What does Juno enlist Tisiphone to do?
(a) Turn Athamas and Ino mad.
(b) Kill all of Athamas and Ino's livestock.
(c) Turn Athamas and Ino blind.
(d) Steal all the riches of Athamas and Ino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the furies, including Tisiphone, live?

2. Who does Cupid's first arrow hit?

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

4. In what "age of time" does war begin to break out, but there is still a sense of normality in the daily lives of the people?

5. What animal propels Juno's chariot?

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