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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. How does Hippolytus die?

2. What is the name of the nymph sent to Alcyone to inform her of Ceyx's death?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ceyx respond to the news that wolves are attacking his livestock?

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

3. How does Orpheus die?

4. How is Crotana founded?

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

6. How does Hippomenes outsmart Atalanta?

7. Why does Myrrha transform into a tree?

8. How does Midas find himself with the ears of a donkey?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The forces of nature are very strong throughout the novel. Many characters find themselves transformed into earthly elements such as water, trees, and flowers. Choose two examples of characters that were transformed into earthly elements and explain the circumstances of their transformations, and what their transformations symbolized.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the gods go through metamorphoses from spirit into animal. Choose two gods who were transformed, explain the circumstances surrounding their metamorphoses, and explain why each object of metamorphoses was chosen explicitly for that god's situation.

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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