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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 landmark is disturbed when Numa's wife is in the woods mourning his death?
(a) The wood nymph sanctuary.
(b) Diana's shrine.
(c) Venus' statue.
(d) The river of Thates.

2. Who has stolen Aeneas' daughters and forced them into slavery?
(a) Bacchus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Ajax.

3. How does Adonis die?
(a) He is mauled to death in the woods.
(b) He transforms into a flower and lives forever.
(c) He is trampled to death by stampeding livestock.
(d) He is drowned by an angry water nymph.

4. What does Circe transform the soldiers scouting her island into?
(a) Deer.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Fish.

5. How does Byblis tell the family member that she is in love with him?
(a) In a letter.
(b) In a song.
(c) In a painting.
(d) In a poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird is Daedalion transformed into when he jumps off the cliff?

2. What does everything that Midas touches turn into?

3. What does Theseus smash over Eurytus' head, killing him?

4. What lie is told about Iphis when she is born?

5. When Paris runs away from Troy, what has he stolen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Achilles killed?

4. How does Pygmalion meet his wife?

5. How does Picus find himself transformed into a woodpecker?

6. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

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

8. How is Crotana founded?

9. What does Ovid predict about the words of his novel in his epilogue?

10. What is interesting about Aeneas' three daughters?

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