CLCV 115 UIUC Practice Exam 2
questions with verified all correct
answers latest update 2025
marsyas --- correct answer ---a satyr challenged Apollo to a flute
contest and lost. His punishment was to be flayed and his flesh was
pulled from his body. The tears that were shed on his behalf
created the river
Hyacinthus --- correct answer ---Apollo was in love with the boy
Hyacinthus and would forsake his duties to spend time with him.
On one occasion the pair decided to play a game of discus. Apollo
went first and threw a great throw. Hyacinthus went to pick it up,
but the strength of the throw caused the disk to hit the earth and
spring back up into hyacinthus' face. Apollo tried to save his lover,
but to no avail. Apollo mourned for the youth and promised him he
would be remembered. As he spoke a flower sprang up, the color a
deep red. Each year he is remembered in the solemn festival of
hyacanthia.
Callisto --- correct answer ---Hera saw that Zeus' lover, Callisto,
had given birth to a son, and jealous swept down to earth and
transformed her into a bear. 15 years later Callisto happens upon
her son for the first time. Her son is scared of her, for he thinks she
is only a bear, and readies himself to kill his mother, when Zeus
transforms both of them into constellations
,Niobe --- correct answer ---a woman named Niobe does not feel
inferior to the gods. She has a great husband, Amphion, a
distinguished lineage, a large kingdom, and many children.
Tiresias's daughter, Manto, tells Niobe to worship the goddess
Latona and her two children, Apollo and Artemis. Niobe ignores the
advice and mocks her people for listening to Manto. She even
wonders why people do not worship her. Latona is outraged. With
her children, she causes disaster after disaster to strike Niobe's
family. Seven of Niobe's sons and seven of her daughters are killed,
she turns into tears, and fear of Latona spreads.
Acteon --- correct answer ---While hunting Actaeon, stumbles upon
Artemis bathing in her sacred grove. Artemis is so offended that
she transforms Actaeon into a deer, and Actaeon's own hunting
dogs kill him
Atalanta --- correct answer ---Atalanta is a speedy woman whom an
oracle has advised to avoid marriage. Hippomenes wants to marry
Atalanta. She challenges him to a race. If he wins, she will marry
him. If he loses, he will die. Before the start of the race, Aphrodite
gives Hippomenes three golden apples with which to distract
Atalanta during the race. Hippomenes defeats Atalanta but fails to
thank Aphrodite for her help, so she turns Atalanta and
Hippomenes into lions.
Arachne --- correct answer ---Athena approaches Arachne, her rival
in the art of weaving. Disguised as an old woman, Athena advises
, Arachne to ask Athena for forgiveness. When Arachne will not
comply, Athena drops the disguise and upbraids Arachne. They
compete. Athena fashions a portrait that glorifies the gods in
general and herself in particular. Arachne creates a flawless
portrait of gods raping and deceiving humans. Athena is so enraged
by Arachne's skill that she begins to beat her. Unable to endure
such treatment, Arachne hangs herself, and Athena transforms her
into a spider.
Aphrodite and Adonis --- correct answer ---Cupid accidentally pricks
his mother, Venus, with one of his arrows, and she falls in love
with Adonis. She prefers him even to heaven. Adonis goes hunting,
and a boar gouges him to death. Venus mourns.
Medusa --- correct answer ---Medusa was once a beautiful maiden
with beautiful hair. Poseidon raped Medusa in Athenas temple, and
Athena punished the sin by turning medusa's hair into snakes. The
product of the rape is said to be pegasus
Pentheus --- correct answer ---Pentheus tries to persuade his family
and others not to worship Dionysus. No one is convinced, but
Pentheus stands firm. Pentheus sets out for Mount Cithaeron to spy
on the rites of Dionysus. When he arrives, his own aunt and mother
mistake him for an animal and hunt him. His aunt, Autonoe, rips
off his arms, and his mother tears off his head and lets out a shout
of victory.
questions with verified all correct
answers latest update 2025
marsyas --- correct answer ---a satyr challenged Apollo to a flute
contest and lost. His punishment was to be flayed and his flesh was
pulled from his body. The tears that were shed on his behalf
created the river
Hyacinthus --- correct answer ---Apollo was in love with the boy
Hyacinthus and would forsake his duties to spend time with him.
On one occasion the pair decided to play a game of discus. Apollo
went first and threw a great throw. Hyacinthus went to pick it up,
but the strength of the throw caused the disk to hit the earth and
spring back up into hyacinthus' face. Apollo tried to save his lover,
but to no avail. Apollo mourned for the youth and promised him he
would be remembered. As he spoke a flower sprang up, the color a
deep red. Each year he is remembered in the solemn festival of
hyacanthia.
Callisto --- correct answer ---Hera saw that Zeus' lover, Callisto,
had given birth to a son, and jealous swept down to earth and
transformed her into a bear. 15 years later Callisto happens upon
her son for the first time. Her son is scared of her, for he thinks she
is only a bear, and readies himself to kill his mother, when Zeus
transforms both of them into constellations
,Niobe --- correct answer ---a woman named Niobe does not feel
inferior to the gods. She has a great husband, Amphion, a
distinguished lineage, a large kingdom, and many children.
Tiresias's daughter, Manto, tells Niobe to worship the goddess
Latona and her two children, Apollo and Artemis. Niobe ignores the
advice and mocks her people for listening to Manto. She even
wonders why people do not worship her. Latona is outraged. With
her children, she causes disaster after disaster to strike Niobe's
family. Seven of Niobe's sons and seven of her daughters are killed,
she turns into tears, and fear of Latona spreads.
Acteon --- correct answer ---While hunting Actaeon, stumbles upon
Artemis bathing in her sacred grove. Artemis is so offended that
she transforms Actaeon into a deer, and Actaeon's own hunting
dogs kill him
Atalanta --- correct answer ---Atalanta is a speedy woman whom an
oracle has advised to avoid marriage. Hippomenes wants to marry
Atalanta. She challenges him to a race. If he wins, she will marry
him. If he loses, he will die. Before the start of the race, Aphrodite
gives Hippomenes three golden apples with which to distract
Atalanta during the race. Hippomenes defeats Atalanta but fails to
thank Aphrodite for her help, so she turns Atalanta and
Hippomenes into lions.
Arachne --- correct answer ---Athena approaches Arachne, her rival
in the art of weaving. Disguised as an old woman, Athena advises
, Arachne to ask Athena for forgiveness. When Arachne will not
comply, Athena drops the disguise and upbraids Arachne. They
compete. Athena fashions a portrait that glorifies the gods in
general and herself in particular. Arachne creates a flawless
portrait of gods raping and deceiving humans. Athena is so enraged
by Arachne's skill that she begins to beat her. Unable to endure
such treatment, Arachne hangs herself, and Athena transforms her
into a spider.
Aphrodite and Adonis --- correct answer ---Cupid accidentally pricks
his mother, Venus, with one of his arrows, and she falls in love
with Adonis. She prefers him even to heaven. Adonis goes hunting,
and a boar gouges him to death. Venus mourns.
Medusa --- correct answer ---Medusa was once a beautiful maiden
with beautiful hair. Poseidon raped Medusa in Athenas temple, and
Athena punished the sin by turning medusa's hair into snakes. The
product of the rape is said to be pegasus
Pentheus --- correct answer ---Pentheus tries to persuade his family
and others not to worship Dionysus. No one is convinced, but
Pentheus stands firm. Pentheus sets out for Mount Cithaeron to spy
on the rites of Dionysus. When he arrives, his own aunt and mother
mistake him for an animal and hunt him. His aunt, Autonoe, rips
off his arms, and his mother tears off his head and lets out a shout
of victory.
