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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. How does Glaucus respond to Circe when she offers herself to him?
(a) He is saddened.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is repulsed.
(d) He is apathetic.

2. Whose oracle does Ceyx seek out for advice after his livestock are attacked?
(a) Achille's.
(b) Aphridite's.
(c) Apollo's.
(d) Andromeda's.

3. What animal is Hecuba transformed into after she exacts her revenge on Polymestor?
(a) A deer.
(b) A dog.
(c) A rat.
(d) A crow.

4. What does everything that Midas touches turn into?
(a) Water.
(b) Gold.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Fire.

5. How does Orpheus attempt to charm his way out of death?
(a) By singing.
(b) By reciting poetry.
(c) By dancing.
(d) By painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which goddess convinces the nymphs to transform the gates of Rome back to their original position?

2. Which of the following objects is NOT thrown at Caenis by the centaurs in an attempt to kill him?

3. Where does Scylla hide out after her transformation?

4. Why does Nestor leave Hercules out of his story about the Trojan War?

5. Which family member does Byblis inappropriately fall in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Myrrha transform into a tree?

2. How does Scylla exact her revenge on Circe?

3. What does Calchas see when the Greeks are chasing after the Trojans, and how is this sighting interpreted?

4. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

5. Why does Ulysses believe that he should be entitled to Achilles' armor after he dies?

6. How is Achilles killed?

7. How does Hecuba exact her revenge on her son, Polydorus?

8. How does Cipius convince Rome to exile him to his own land?

9. How does Midas find himself with the ears of a donkey?

10. What question does Tlepolemus ask Nestor during his storytelling, and what is Nestor's response?

(see the answer keys)

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