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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Galatea respond to Acis' death?
(a) She is amused.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is heartbroken.
2. What does Circe transform the soldiers scouting her island into?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Deer.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Fish.
3. What do the gods say that Laomedon must do to his daughter Hesion?
(a) Sacrifice her.
(b) Burn her at the stake.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Drown her.
4. How does Hippolytus die?
(a) He is killed by a lightning bolt.
(b) He is dragged to death by his horses.
(c) He is bitten by a viper in the woods.
(d) He falls out of a Juniper tree.
5. What animal is Hecuba transformed into after she exacts her revenge on Polymestor?
(a) A rat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A crow.
(d) A deer.
6. Where does Scylla hide out after her transformation?
(a) In a tree truck.
(b) In a sea cave.
(c) At the top of Mount Olympus.
(d) In the shadow of the clouds.
7. What sport does Hyacinth excel at?
(a) Hurtle jumping.
(b) Sprinting.
(c) Disc throwing.
(d) Pole vaulting.
8. In the epilogue, what does Ovid say about his words?
(a) That they will be quickly forgotten.
(b) That they will live forever.
(c) That they will change literature.
(d) That they will be read only by philosophers.
9. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ulysses gives when fighting for the armor?
(a) His ancestral lines.
(b) His fighting history.
(c) His battle scars.
(d) His intelligence.
10. How does Turnus attempt to exact his revenge on Aeneas after they are both promised the same woman in marriage?
(a) By stabbing Aeneas' heart.
(b) By killing their first born son.
(c) By poisoning the wife.
(d) By burning his ships.
11. Why does Nestor leave Hercules out of his story about the Trojan War?
(a) Because Hercules wasn't at the battle.
(b) Because he hates Hercules.
(c) Because Hercules asked him not to.
(d) Because Hercules would be embarrassed.
12. Which goddess convinces the nymphs to transform the gates of Rome back to their original position?
(a) Circe.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.
13. How does Circe attempt to lure Picus into the woods?
(a) With a magical boar.
(b) With golden apples.
(c) With a pot of silver coins.
(d) With a beautiful tree nymph.
14. Whose armor is fought over between Ajax and Ulysses?
(a) Achilles'.
(b) Apollo's.
(c) Argus'.
(d) Agamemnon's.
15. What does Pygmalion sculpt his wife out of?
(a) Limestone.
(b) Granite.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Clay.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Scylla transformed into when she is attempting to destroy Aeneas' fleet?
2. What does the water nymph transform the attacking animals into?
3. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ajax gives when fighting for the armor?
4. What is Anaxerta transformed into after she rebukes Iphis?
5. What is the name of the nymph sent to Alcyone to inform her of Ceyx's death?
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