- 1. Do any manuscripts of the Metamorphoses produced before the early medieval period survive?
A) Only fragments survive
B) Yes
C) Only one complete copy survives
D) No
- 2. From which centuries are the earliest fragments of the Metamorphoses poem?
A) 15th and 16th centuries
B) 11th and 12th centuries
C) 9th and 10th centuries
D) 7th and 8th centuries
- 3. When are the earliest complete manuscripts of the Metamorphoses from?
A) 17th century
B) 9th century
C) 10th century
D) 11th century
- 4. Approximately how many surviving manuscripts represent the Metamorphoses?
A) Exactly 45
B) More than 400
C) More than 100
D) Less than 50
- 5. What do the earliest three fragmentary copies of the Metamorphoses contain?
A) Only the final book
B) The entire poem
C) Portions of Books 1–3
D) Portions of Books 4–6
- 6. Which ancient work suffered an ignominious fate unlike the Metamorphoses?
A) Medea
B) Teubner series
C) After Ovid: New Metamorphoses
D) Ovide Moralisé
- 7. Who was the 17th-century Dutch scholar influential in the poem's manuscript tradition?
A) R. J. Tarrant
B) William S. Anderson
C) Arthur Golding
D) Nikolaes Heinsius
- 8. During which years did Nikolaes Heinsius collate more than a hundred manuscripts?
A) 1977–84
B) 1567–75
C) 1640–52
D) 1621–26
- 9. All complete texts or substantial fragments of the Metamorphoses derive from which archetype?
A) A Gallic archetype
B) A Roman archetype
C) A Dutch archetype
D) A Greek archetype
- 10. Who published a modern critical edition of the Metamorphoses in the Teubner series in 1977?
A) Nikolaes Heinsius
B) Samuel Garth
C) R. J. Tarrant
D) William S. Anderson
- 11. Who published a modern critical edition of the Metamorphoses with the Oxford Clarendon Press in 2004?
A) Arthur Golding
B) William S. Anderson
C) R. J. Tarrant
D) George Sandys
- 12. Whose works contained sections of the Metamorphoses in English before its full appearance?
A) Shakespeare and Spenser
B) Caxton and Golding
C) Dryden and Pope
D) Chaucer and Gower
- 13. Who produced the first English translation of the Metamorphoses on 22 April 1480?
A) Samuel Garth
B) Arthur Golding
C) George Sandys
D) William Caxton
- 14. In what format was William Caxton's 1480 translation of the Metamorphoses set?
A) Blank verse
B) Rhyming couplets of iambic heptameter
C) Prose
D) Heroic couplets
- 15. William Caxton's translation was a literal rendering of which French translation?
A) Clarendon translation
B) Ovide Moralisé
C) After Ovid: New Metamorphoses
D) Teubner series
- 16. Who published the highly influential 1567 translation read by Shakespeare and Spenser?
A) George Sandys
B) Arthur Golding
C) William Caxton
D) Samuel Garth
- 17. In what meter was Arthur Golding's 1567 translation written?
A) Prose
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Rhyming couplets of iambic heptameter
D) Heroic couplets
- 18. Who produced the significant translation of the Metamorphoses from 1621 to 1626?
A) George Sandys
B) Samuel Garth
C) William Caxton
D) Arthur Golding
- 19. What meter did George Sandys use, which later became dominant in English epic?
A) Rhyming couplets of iambic heptameter
B) Prose
C) Free verse
D) Heroic couplets
- 20. Who brought together a 1717 translation work 'by the most eminent hands'?
A) William Caxton
B) Arthur Golding
C) George Sandys
D) Samuel Garth
- 21. Which poet was among the 'most eminent hands' contributing to Samuel Garth's 1717 volume?
A) Arthur Golding
B) George Sandys
C) Nikolaes Heinsius
D) John Dryden
- 22. Until what time did Samuel Garth's volume continue to be printed without real rivals?
A) Into the 1900s
B) Until 1650
C) Into the 1800s
D) Until 1750
- 23. When did a greater number of translations of the Metamorphoses appear due to a literary translation revival?
A) Throughout the 19th century
B) In the early 18th century
C) Around the later half of the 20th century
D) At the beginning of printing in 1480
- 24. What was the title of the collection of translations and responses produced in 1994?
A) The Garth Volume
B) Teubner Series
C) Ovide Moralisé
D) After Ovid: New Metamorphoses
- 25. Which Book covers the Creation, the Ages of Mankind, and Apollo and Daphne?
A) Book I
B) Book IV
C) Book III
D) Book II
- 26. In which Book does the story of Phaëthon conclude and Jupiter and Europa appear?
A) Book III
B) Book I
C) Book IV
D) Book II
- 27. Which Book features Cadmus, Narcissus and Echo, and Pentheus and Bacchus?
A) Book II
B) Book IV
C) Book III
D) Book V
- 28. Pyramus and Thisbe, and Perseus and Andromeda are found in which Book?
A) Book IV
B) Book V
C) Book VI
D) Book III
- 29. Which Book contains Perseus' fight in the palace of Cepheus and the rape of Proserpina?
A) Book VII
B) Book VI
C) Book IV
D) Book V
- 30. Arachne, Niobe, and the story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela are in which Book?
A) Book VI
B) Book VIII
C) Book VII
D) Book V
- 31. Which Book includes Medea and Jason, and Cephalus and Procris?
A) Book IX
B) Book VII
C) Book VIII
D) Book VI
- 32. Daedalus and Icarus, and Philemon and Baucis are featured in which Book?
A) Book VIII
B) Book VII
C) Book IX
D) Book X
- 33. Which Book features the death and apotheosis of Hercules and the story of Byblis?
A) Book X
B) Book XI
C) Book VIII
D) Book IX
- 34. Orpheus and Eurydice, Pygmalion, and Myrrha are found in which Book?
A) Book XII
B) Book X
C) Book XI
D) Book IX
- 35. Which Book contains the death of Orpheus, Midas, and Ceyx and Alcyone?
A) Book XI
B) Book XII
C) Book X
D) Book XIII
- 36. Caenis and the battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs are in which Book?
A) Book XII
B) Book XIII
C) Book XI
D) Book XIV
- 37. Which Book features Ajax, Ulysses, and the arms of Achilles, plus Acis and Galatea?
A) Book XII
B) Book XIV
C) Book XV
D) Book XIII
- 38. Pomona and Vertumnus and the apotheosis of Romulus are found in which Book?
A) Book XIII
B) Book XV
C) Book I
D) Book XIV
- 39. Which Book contains the doctrines of Pythagoras and the apotheosis of Julius Caesar?
A) Book XII
B) Book XV
C) Book XIII
D) Book XIV
- 40. Who turns into a laurel tree in Book I?
A) Daphne
B) Scylla
C) Callisto
D) Io
- 41. Who is transformed into a heifer in Book I?
A) Europa
B) Io
C) Daphne
D) Proserpina
- 42. Which mythological figure drives the chariot of the sun with disastrous results in Books I and II?
A) Orpheus
B) Perseus
C) Cadmus
D) Phaëthon
- 43. Who is turned into a bear and later placed among the stars in Book II?
A) Callisto
B) Europa
C) Aglauros
D) Ocyrhoe
- 44. Who sees Diana bathing and is transformed into a stag in Book III?
A) Pentheus
B) Cadmus
C) Narcissus
D) Actaeon
- 45. Who pines away staring at his own reflection in Book III?
A) Cadmus
B) Narcissus
C) Phaëthon
D) Actaeon
- 46. Who rescues Andromeda from a sea monster in Book IV?
A) Hercules
B) Perseus
C) Theseus
D) Jason
- 47. Who is abducted by Pluto in the story of the rape of Proserpina in Book V?
A) Callisto
B) Minerva
C) Proserpina
D) Arethusa
- 48. Which mortal weaver challenges Minerva to a contest in Book VI?
A) Niobe
B) Procne
C) Philomela
D) Arachne
- 49. Who builds wings of feathers and wax to escape imprisonment in Book VIII?
A) Perdix
B) Minos
C) Icarus
D) Daedalus
- 50. Who suffers from insatiable hunger inflicted by Ceres in Book VIII?
A) Nessus
B) Erysichthon
C) Achelous
D) Meleager
- 51. Who accidentally causes the death of Hercules with a poisoned tunic in Book IX?
A) Dryope
B) Iole
C) Deianira
D) Byblis
- 52. Which sculptor falls in love with his ivory statue in Book X?
A) Adonis
B) Orpheus
C) Cyparissus
D) Pygmalion
- 53. Who turns everything he touches into gold in Book XI?
A) Aesacus
B) Peleus
C) Midas
D) Daedalion
- 54. Which invulnerable warrior fights Achilles before being transformed into a bird in Book XII?
A) Nestor
B) Ajax
C) Cycnus
D) Caenis
- 55. Whose armor do Ajax and Ulysses dispute over in Book XIII?
A) Achilles
B) Hercules
C) Hector
D) Agamemnon
- 56. Who loves the sea-nymph Galatea and is crushed by a boulder hurled by Polyphemus in Book XIII?
A) Ulysses
B) Acis
C) Scylla
D) Glaucus
- 57. Which Roman god of gardens woos the wood-nymph Pomona in Book XIV?
A) Romulus
B) Numa
C) Picust
D) Vertumnus
- 58. Whose apotheosis concludes the narrative events of Rome's founding and early history in Book XIV?
A) Romulus
B) Julius Caesar
C) Aeneas
D) Numa
- 59. Which philosopher and mathematician expounds doctrines of transmigration and vegetarianism in Book XV?
A) Hippolytus
B) Pythagoras
C) Numa
D) Asclepius
- 60. Whose apotheosis is described near the very end of Book XV?
A) Numa
B) Julius Caesar
C) Romulus
D) Hercules
- 61. What is the original language of the Metamorphoses?
A) Italian
B) Ancient Greek
C) Latin
D) English
- 62. In what year was the Metamorphoses published?
A) 8 CE
B) 5th century BCE
C) 20th century
D) 1480
- 63. Approximately how many lines are in the Metamorphoses?
A) 8
B) 1480
C) 11,995
D) 21
- 64. How many myths are comprised within the Metamorphoses framework?
A) Only 4
B) 21
C) Over 250
D) Exactly 15
- 65. Which author was NOT mentioned as being inspired by the Metamorphoses?
A) Dante Alighieri
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) Homer
D) William Shakespeare
- 66. In what year was the first English translation published?
A) 8 CE
B) 2000
C) 1995
D) 1480
- 67. What poetic tradition influenced Ovid's decision to make myth the primary subject?
A) Epic drama
B) Alexandrian poetry
C) Renaissance poetry
D) Hellenistic ornithology
- 68. What is the title of Boios' fragmentary poem of collected myths?
A) Heteroioumena
B) Metamorphoses
C) Ornithogonia
D) Julius Caesar
- 69. How many stories from the Heteroioumena are treated in the Metamorphoses?
A) 4
B) 250
C) 15
D) 21
- 70. How many books did Nicander's Heteroioumena probably consist of?
A) Over two hundred
B) Fifteen
C) One
D) Four or five
- 71. What was enriched by the use of intertextual references in the Metamorphoses?
A) The Latin grammar
B) The political regime
C) The mythological landscape
D) The Renaissance paintings
- 72. What meter is the Metamorphoses composed in?
A) Spadaic hexameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Trochaic tetrameter
D) Dactylic hexameter
- 73. Who opined that it would be misguided to pin any single genre label on the Metamorphoses?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Statius
C) Karl Galinsky
D) Brooks Otis
- 74. What is the title of the division spanning from Book I to Book II, line 875?
A) The Avenging Gods
B) Rome and the Deified Ruler
C) The Pathos of Love
D) The Divine Comedy
- 75. What is the title of the division spanning from Book III to Book VI, line 400?
A) Rome and the Deified Ruler
B) The Avenging Gods
C) The Pathos of Love
D) The Divine Comedy
- 76. Instead of a human hero, who is the closest thing this mock-epic has to a hero?
A) Amor
B) Julius Caesar
C) Statius
D) Apollo
- 77. Which god is shown coming in for particular ridicule because irrational love confounds him out of reason?
A) Apollo
B) Mars
C) Amor
D) Zeus
- 78. How many surviving Latin epics end with an epilogue?
A) Four
B) Fifteen
C) Two
D) One
- 79. Besides the Metamorphoses, what is the other surviving Latin epic that ends with an epilogue?
A) Statius' Thebaid
B) Homer's Iliad
C) Homer's Odyssey
D) Virgil's Aeneid
- 80. What recurring theme is central to nearly all of Ovid's work?
A) Agriculture
B) Politics
C) War
D) Love
- 81. When did the death of Julius Caesar occur in relation to Ovid's birth?
A) The exact same year
B) Ten years after
C) Only a year before
D) A century before
- 82. Which scholar identified four divisions in the narrative of the Metamorphoses?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Statius
C) Karl Galinsky
D) Brooks Otis
- 83. Who is the brother of Andromeda's father that attacks Perseus?
A) Chaucer
B) Ovid
C) Rhoetus
D) Phineus
- 84. Whose name is mentioned by scholar Stephen M. Wheeler regarding unifying themes of the Metamorphoses?
A) A. D. Melville
B) Stephen M. Wheeler
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) Ted Hughes
- 85. Which of the following is listed as a unifying theme by Stephen M. Wheeler?
A) Geography
B) Tragedy
C) Comedy
D) Metamorphosis
- 86. What is the Latin phrase found in the opening lines of the poem mentioned in the text?
A) Si poteris narrare, licet
B) L'Amorosa Fiammetta
C) In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas / corpora
D) Une Brutalité pastorale
- 87. What theme frequently accompanies transformation and is inflicted upon a victim?
A) Joy
B) Peace
C) Violence
D) Wealth
- 88. The transformation of a human into an inanimate object in the text is exemplified by whom?
A) Ariadne
B) Nileus
C) Phineus
D) Daphne
E) Perdix
- 89. What type of transformation does Ariadne's Crown represent?
A) Inanimate objects
B) Constellations
C) Plants
D) Animals
- 90. Perdix is transformed into what kind of entity?
A) Constellations
B) Fungi
C) Animals
D) Plants
- 91. Daphne, and Baucis and Philemon, are examples of transformations into what?
A) Plants
B) Inanimate objects
C) Animals
D) Constellations
- 92. Which of Geoffrey Chaucer's works adapts the story of Coronis and Phoebus Apollo from Book II?
A) The Canterbury Tales
B) The Wife of Bath's Tale
C) The Book of the Duchess
D) The Manciple's Tale
- 93. In which Shakespearean play do a band of amateur actors perform a play about Pyramus and Thisbe?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) The Tempest
C) Titus Andronicus
D) A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 94. Which Italian writer included the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in his poem L'Amorosa Fiammetta?
A) Titian
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
C) Dante
D) Giovanni Boccaccio
- 95. What term became synonymous with mythological during the Renaissance and Baroque periods due to the influence of the Metamorphoses?
A) Miltonic
B) Homeric
C) Vergilian
D) Ovidian
- 96. Which artist created the collection of seven paintings known as 'poesie', inspired in part by the Metamorphoses?
A) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
B) Jean-Michel Bruyere
C) Titian
D) Pieter Brueghel
- 97. At which gallery were Titian's 'poesie' paintings reunited in an exhibition in 2020?
A) The National Gallery
B) Lookingglass Theatre
C) Royal Shakespeare Company
D) The Louvre
- 98. How was Ovid's influence on 19th-century writers described?
A) Extensive
B) Considerable
C) Paramount
D) Minimal
- 99. Who collected together and retold twenty-four passages from the Metamorphoses in Tales from Ovid published in 1997?
A) Jean-Michel Bruyere
B) Mary Zimmerman
C) Ted Hughes
D) A. D. Melville
- 100. Which theatre company premiered Mary Zimmerman's stage adaptation Metamorphoses in 1998?
A) The National Gallery
B) Lookingglass Theatre
C) LFKs
D) Royal Shakespeare Company
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