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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 does Circe transform Scylla's lower body into?

2. Which family member does Myrrha inappropriately fall in love with?

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

4. How does Hecuba exact her revenge upon her son, Polymestor?

5. What does Venus give to Hippomenes to distract Atalanta?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scylla exact her revenge on Circe?

2. Why does Byblis turn into a stream?

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

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

5. Why does Daedalion throw himself off a cliff?

6. Why does Myrrha transform into a tree?

7. How does Orpheus die?

8. How does Hippomenes outsmart Atalanta?

9. How does Romulus restore the throne of his grandfather?

10. How does Orpheus lose his wife, Eurydice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Snakes and birds are the most commonly referred to animals in the text. Explain what each of these animals symbolizes in the Olympian world, and why they were the animals that humans were most commonly transformed into.

Essay Topic 2

After the flood, there were very specific instructions given to the survivors as to how the world should be repopulated. Explain how the two survivors came to be selected, describe their instructions for re-population, and describe the survivors' reaction to their instructions.

Essay Topic 3

Almost all interactions with the Olympian gods resulted in either punishment or reward for the lesser beings. Choose one example of punishment and one example of reward given by the Olympian gods. How does this dichotomy affect the relationship that lesser beings have with the Olympian gods throughout the text?

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