Circe Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
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Circe Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Madeline Miller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Circe cultivate during her early days on Aiaia?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Painting.
(c) Kite-making.
(d) Sorcery.

2. What does Circe expect the gods to do to her once they find out she has practiced transformation spells?
(a) Give her her own workshop.
(b) Bestow her with special extra powers.
(c) Celebrate her.
(d) Punish her severely.

3. How does Daedalus feel about his role in bringing the Minotaur to the world?
(a) Elated.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Proud.
(d) Resigned.

4. What does Helios tell Aeetes he will do to him once he has learned about Aeetes's powers?
(a) The gods will give him the same punishment as Prometheus.
(b) The gods will elevate him to stand at Zeus's right hand.
(c) The gods will banish him.
(d) The gods will watch him closely in his kingdom.

5. Why has Daedalus been sent for Circe?
(a) To bring her to Crete to attend to her sister Pasiphae's birth.
(b) To bring her to Crete for execution.
(c) To bring her back to Helios's halls.
(d) To bring her to the bottom of the ocean to face Trygon.

6. Why is Circe so happy to see the sailors who have lost their way and come to her for aid in Chapter 14?
(a) She needs a way to get off the island, and they have a ship.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She has been threatened by Zeus.
(d) She is afraid of the animals on the island.

7. Which uncle of Circe's is punished brutally by Zeus?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Oceanus.
(d) Apollo.

8. How does Circe respond to Daedalus when he thanks her in Chapter 9?
(a) She tells him she will take all of his future creations to pay his debt to her.
(b) She tells him he is a fool to thank her, because it was she who made Scylla.
(c) She weeps in thanks.
(d) She throws herself into the sea in despair.

9. What does Circe try to convince Medea to do before Medea leaves Aiaia with Jason?
(a) She tries to convince Medea to go back to her father.
(b) She tries to convince Medea to kill Jason.
(c) She tries to convince Medea to stay with her and practice witchcraft.
(d) She tries to convince Medea to seek Helios's aid.

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

11. What does Circe's brother tell Helios about Circe's powers of witchcraft?
(a) Circe's brother tells Helios he taught Circe all she knows.
(b) Circe's brother tells Helios that her powers are real and that he has similar ones.
(c) Circe's brother tells Helios to burn Circe out of existence for lying.
(d) Circe's brother tells Helios that she means to destroy Helios with her powers.

12. What does Circe take from her father in Chapter 2 in a small act of defiance?
(a) A beautiful necklace.
(b) A golden bowl.
(c) A sword with rubies.
(d) A dagger with an ivory haft.

13. What flower does Circe want the most that grows on Aiaia?
(a) The moly root.
(b) The white oleander.
(c) The periwinkle.
(d) The strutter flower.

14. Who comes to visit Circe after she confesses about transforming Scylla?
(a) Aeetes.
(b) Athena.
(c) Perses.
(d) Pasiphae.

15. Who is Circe's first divine visitor to Aiaia?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hermes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Aiaia significant to Circe?

2. Who is killed on earth habitually for getting the movements of the sun wrong?

3. Who is Daedalus's son?

4. Why are monsters a boon to gods?

5. What is wrong with the sailors Aeetes brings with him to Aiaia?

(see the answer keys)

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