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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

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4420.0098%75%27%

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CaliforniaGeorgia C0101020ME
Georgia ANew York1001020HE
Georgia BTexas B001010E
KentuckyNorth Carolina001010E
Texas AWashington0101020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓623.33100%100%33%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓313.33100%33%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓320.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓417.50100%75%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓518.00100%60%20%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓320.00100%100%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓417.50100%50%25%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓326.67100%100%67%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓516.00100%40%20%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓823.7588%88%63%