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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 is the translation of El Que Sabe, Sabe?

2. What form is the Cumaen Sibyl in in Chapter 29?

3. Who helps Apollo and his friends in the parking lot of Target in Chapter 32?

4. What kind of message is required in a god-calling ceremony?

5. What mountain is near the entrance to Tarquin's tomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Apollo convince Harpocrates to help him defeat the emperors?

2. What is Apollo's history with Harpocrates?

3. How did Apollo create ravens?

4. How do Harpocrates and the Cumaen Sybil first meet?

5. How do Apollo and his friends escape from Tarquin's tomb?

6. In Part III, what does Tarquin do to Apollo in the tomb?

7. How does the Cumean Sybil treat Apollo when she sees him again in Part IV?

8. What detail about Caligula's yacht is Lavinia fixated on?

9. What does Lavinia tell Apollo in Part III that upsets Apollo?

10. What is one of the main things the healer Pranjal at Camp Jupiter uses for Apollo's wound?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages to knowing prophecies and adapting one's behavior based on them? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the traits of some of the strong female characters in this novel - Meg, Reyna, and/or Lavinia, to name several - citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Meg help Apollo throughout the novel, and vice versa? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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