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

2. To whom does the council award the armor that has been fought over by Ajax and Ulysses?
(a) To Ajax.
(b) To Ulysses.
(c) To neither of the men.
(d) To both men to split between them.

3. What ears does Apollo place atop Midas' head?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Goat.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Horse.

4. What form does Aesculapius take when relieving the Romans of their plague?
(a) A dove.
(b) A snake.
(c) A man.
(d) A dog.

5. Where does Circe find Scylla when she sets out to poison her?
(a) Sleeping in her bed.
(b) Reading a book in a field.
(c) Eating under a grape tree.
(d) Swimming in the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following acts is considered treason in Rome?

2. How does the enemy of Rome get in to defeat the city?

3. What landmark is disturbed when Numa's wife is in the woods mourning his death?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the substances that Aeneas' daughters produce?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Achilles killed?

3. What happens during the battle between Achilles and Cycnus?

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

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

6. How does Hyacinth find himself transformed into a flower?

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

8. How does Circe exact her revenge on Scylla?

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

10. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

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