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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7: Medea and Aeson | Book 7: Medea and Pelias: Her Flight | Book 7: Theseus | Book 7: Minos, Aeacus, The Plague at Ageina, The Myrmidons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The Bronze Age.
(b) The Gold Age.
(c) The Silver Age.
(d) The Iron Age.

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

3. What animal propels Juno's chariot?
(a) Winged horses.
(b) Ravens.
(c) Peacocks.
(d) Centaurs.

4. What do the tears of the sea nymph who sees Dis steal Proserpina transform into?
(a) A black hole.
(b) A stream.
(c) A gravestone.
(d) A bouquet of flowers.

5. What does Medea agree to do in exchange for marrying Jason?
(a) Help him through magical tasks.
(b) Beg her father to rethink the tasks.
(c) Complete the tasks for Jason.
(d) Kill her father so that Jason will not have to complete the tasks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Clytie respond to the Sun's affair with Leucothoe?

3. When Medea first sees Jason, which of the following best describes her response?

4. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?

5. Which of the following gods creates the four seasons for man?

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