5. a, c, d, e, f, and g. Medusa was a terrifying creature, with venomous snakes in her hair and a gaze that would turn people to stone. Perseus completed this Herculean task by using winged sandals to fly to the island of the Gorgons. He then used the invisible cap of hades to make himself invisible to the monster and used his shield like a mirror to turn Medusa herself to stone. He used a sickle to cut off her head and put it in a satchel to carry it with him.
6. c. Circe lured men to her island and used drugs and incantations to turn them into animals. When Odysseus visited Aeaea, he recognized Circe’s ulterior motives and used moly (a gift from Hermes) to protect himself from her spells. This quick-thinking compelled her to restore Odysseus’s crew to their original shape.
7. Trick question: there is no right answer. This is a lose-lose situation. Laocoön tried the tactic mentioned in answer choice a, but, after throwing an arrow at the horse, he and his two sons were crushed by two serpents that slithered from the temple of Minerva. The Trojans saw this as a sign from the gods to let the horse in, and when Aeneas woke up, the city was in ruins. In his rage, he almost killed Helen, only to receive a lecture from his mother, Venus.