Question

In one work, a wife is forced to copulate with one of these animals after poisoning her husband and killing her sister. In that work, that one of these animals eats a crown of roses in order to turn back into a human. The story of Psyche and Cupid originates from that novel, which is titled for one of these animals (10[2])and is the only entirely surviving Latin novel from antiquity. In one Aesop fable, one of these animals falls into a river when a miller and his son try carrying it (10[1])to market. The novel Metamorphoses, by Apuleius, concerns a man who is turned into a golden specimen of this animal. For 10 (10[1])points, name this stereotypically stubborn beast (10[1]-5[1])of burden. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[4])

ANSWER: ass [or donkey; accept asinus]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%100%122.00
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2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY786%0%29%99.33
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Faith MagieraNorthwestern ANotre Dame C6010
Nitin MurthyPurdue ANorthwestern B6010
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BWashU B9110
Danielle WebbSIUEIllinois C11310
David ZhangIllinois BIllinois A11910
Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame BIowa A119-5
Sanika IyerIndianaChicago B12110
Anwitha VempatiIowa ANotre Dame B1220
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BNotre Dame A12210
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame AIowa B1220
Sam KonkelChicago APurdue C1220
Davis JohnsonPurdue CChicago A1220