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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapter Twenty One - Chapter Twenty Three).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes back to Aiaia with Telegonus after he leaves Ithaca?
(a) Minos and Penelope.
(b) Penelope and Telemachus.
(c) Pasiphae and Penelope.
(d) Penelope and Odysseus.

2. Who is Circe's mother?
(a) Pasiphae.
(b) Athena.
(c) Thythus.
(d) Perse.

3. What does Circe say to the goddess who demands she hand her son over?
(a) She refuses.
(b) She complies, but asks for treasure in return.
(c) She kills the goddess.
(d) She complies.

4. Why does Circe suspect the goddess of childbirth does not come when she calls her?
(a) The gods are angry for what she did with Prometheus.
(b) The gods want her to suffer much pain.
(c) The gods are jealous.
(d) The gods do not want her child to be born.

5. What does Helios do to Circe when she insists it was her power that changed Scylla?
(a) He turns her into a log.
(b) He says she must marry the man she hates the most.
(c) He burns her badly so she is in pain.
(d) He takes away her voice temporarily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is tasked with punishing Circe's uncle for Zeus?

2. Where is Odysseus from?

3. What does Circe experience during pregnancy?

4. Who does Circe disguise herself as on the ship to Crete?

5. What does Circe name her son?

(see the answer key)

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