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 (-5[1])originates from that novel, which is titled for one of these (10[1])animals (10[1])and is the only entirely surviving Latin novel from antiquity. In one Aesop fable, (10[1])one of these animals falls into a river when a miller and his son try carrying it to market. (10[1])The novel Metamorphoses, by Apuleius, concerns a man who is turned into a golden (-5[1])specimen of this animal. For 10 points, name this stereotypically stubborn beast of burden. (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: ass [or donkey; accept asinus]
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Nick SmemoeUNC BLiberty B48-5
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State ATusculum5910
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AUNC A6010
Josh SchmidtLiberty AUNC C7410
Ethan RehderDuke BDuke A9310
Kevin CronkVirginia Tech BWilliam & Mary107-5
Timothy PorterVCUNC State12110
Jonathan BostLiberty BUNC B12110
Michael EngUNC DAppalachian State B12210
Simon BursteinVirginiaJames Madison A12210
Alexandra KnightLiberty CJames Madison B12210
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryVirginia Tech B12210