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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animal attempts to attack Deianara while she is walking through the woods?
(a) A centaur.
(b) A unicorn.
(c) A giant.
(d) A minotaur.

2. How does Hercules kill the beast that is attacking Deianara in the woods?
(a) He stabs it.
(b) He wrestles it.
(c) He drowns it.
(d) He sets it on fire.

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

4. Where do the furies, including Tisiphone, live?
(a) In the tree branches.
(b) In the clouds.
(c) In the underworld.
(d) In the water pods.

5. What animal does Juno transform Castillo into?
(a) A deer.
(b) A fox.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the king who rules over Alcathous?

2. What object do Deucalian and Pyrrah throw to the earth, creating humans?

3. Where does Salmacis grab Hermaphrodites, begging the gods to make them as one?

4. What part of her father's body does Scylla present to Minos in an act of love?

5. What does Phaeton request from his father to prove the validity of their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways do the brave villagers in Crete attempt to kill the wild boar that has been terrorizing the village?

2. What significant events happen surrounding the birth of Hercules?

3. How does Io come to be pregnant with Erasmus?

4. Who are Philemon and Baucis?

5. What is Narcissus' reaction to Echo's advances, and how does she respond?

6. How does the competition between Minerva and Arachne progress?

7. What happens when Medea attempts to help Pelias' daughter return their father to an age of youthfulness?

8. How is Hercules killed?

9. What happens when Andromeda's fiance breaks up her wedding to Perseus?

10. Who is Erysichthon and how is he punished for his actions against the nymph?

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