2. Why does Nestor leave Hercules out of his story about the Trojan War?
(a) Because Hercules asked him not to.
(b) Because he hates Hercules.
(c) Because Hercules would be embarrassed.
(d) Because Hercules wasn't at the battle.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT an argument that Ulysses gives when fighting for the armor?
(a) His ancestral lines.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His battle scars.
(d) His fighting history.

5. Which goddess transforms Pygmalions' wife into a real woman?
(a) Proserpina.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose oracle does Ceyx seek out for advice after his livestock are attacked?

2. What does Bacchus transform the women of Thracian into in response to their actions against Orpheus?

3. How does Turnus attempt to exact his revenge on Aeneas after they are both promised the same woman in marriage?

4. How does Julius Caesar react to the omens from the goddess?

5. Who does Chione liken herself to in beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scylla exact her revenge on Circe?

2. What is interesting about Aeneas' three daughters?

3. Why does Pythagoras believe that man should abstain from eating meat?

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

5. Why does Daedalion throw himself off a cliff?

6. What story does Vertumnus tell Pomona, luring her into a relationship with him?

7. How is Memnon remembered after his death at Hercules' hands?

8. How does Orpheus die?

9. How does Peleus eventually get Thetis to marry him?

10. What does Alcyone see in her dream brought to her by the nymph Sleep?

(see the answer keys)

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