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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of insect reoccurs in Minos' dreams of the tree?

2. What does Jupiter transform Io into in the attempts to quench his wife's suspicion?

3. Which of the following is NOT an explicit instruction from Jupiter on how the re-population of the earth is to happen?

4. What does Jason ask Medea to give his ailing father?

5. What power does Medusa's head hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Cupid's first two arrows shoot, and what is the outcome?

2. How does Procne respond when she receives news of the way that Tereus is treating her sister, Philomena?

3. Who are Philemon and Baucis?

4. What is the result of Phaeton's visit to the Sun?

5. What condition does Jupiter come up with for the return of Proserpina from the underworld?

6. Why do Pyramus and Thisbe kill themselves?

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

8. How does Europa come to be missing?

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

10. What happens when Cephalus calls for a breeze to cool him in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many mortals throughout the novel chose not to bow down to the power of the Olympian gods. Choose one defiant mortal from the novel and explain why he chose to stand up to the gods. Then, explain what happened as a result of the mortal's defiant behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Many characters take over as the active narrator in "Metamorphoses". Choose one narrator who functioned as the main storyteller in the novel, and explain how the story was altered by that character's unique voice and perspective.

Essay Topic 3

All of Ovid's relationships in the text seem to end the same way - with one or both of the lovers in extreme pain. Choose two relationships featured in the novel and explain how pain inevitably rose from the couple's love.

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