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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapter Sixteen - Chapter Twenty).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?
(a) Extreme sickness.
(b) Long bouts of deep sleep.
(c) Ravenous hunger.
(d) Visions.

2. What is one ingredient Circe uses in her potion to protect Telegonus?
(a) Flowers from Crete.
(b) Blood from her pigs.
(c) Blood from Hades's pit.
(d) Sun rays from her father.

3. What does the leader of the sailors do to Circe in Chapter 14?
(a) Steals her finest bowls.
(b) Slaughters her animals against her wishes.
(c) Takes her prisoner on his ship.
(d) Rapes her.

4. What does a mortal fisherman offer Circe that she has never tasted before in Chapter 4?
(a) Olives.
(b) Wine.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Bread.

5. Who is Odysseus's wife?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Scylla.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great weapon does Circe bring back to help protect Telegonus on his journey?

2. What vision does Circe see of Telegonus when she asks if a god is trying to harm him?

3. What does Circe name her son?

4. Where is Medea traveling to when she leaves Aiaia?

5. What skill does Circe cultivate during her early days on Aiaia?

(see the answer key)

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