Packet 7: Bonus 3
This novel’s protagonist is kidnapped by thieves after its attempts to transform into a human by eating rose petals prove unsuccessful. For 10 points each:
[10h] In what novel does Lucius transform into an animal after he is given the wrong magical ointment by Photis?
ANSWER: The Golden Ass [or Asinus Aureus; accept but otherwise DO NOT REVEAL Metamorphoses by Apuleius; prompt on but otherwise DO NOT REVEAL Metamorphoses]
[10m] In The Golden Ass, an old woman tells Lucius and Charite the story of Cupid and Psyche while they are inside one of these locations. Thirty-nine thieves hide in oil jars to ambush a man who stole from a treasure-filled location of this type in another story.
ANSWER: caves [or caverns; accept pits; prompt on dens; prompt on underground]
[10e] The Golden Ass is alternatively titled for Apuleius and this word. This word also titles an Ovid poem that recounts numerous mythical transformations.
ANSWER: Metamorphoses [accept Ovid’s Metamorphoses or the Metamorphoses of Apuleius]
<Literature - Other, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 07
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 20.00 | 98% | 75% | 27% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 23.75 | 88% | 88% | 63% |