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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. What does Telemachus actually do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Sends them to Crete.
(b) Teaches them witchcraft.
(c) Makes them into goddesses.
(d) Hangs them.

2. What does Pasiphae tell Circe unites them in Chapter 11?
(a) They both want more children.
(b) They both want to overthrow Zeus.
(c) They both loathe their family.
(d) They both love the same kind of men.

3. Who is the leader of the first ship that comes to Aiaia in Chapter 9?
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Poseidon.

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

5. 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 is afraid of the animals on the island.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She has been threatened by Zeus.
(d) She needs a way to get off the island, and they have a ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flower does Circe want the most that grows on Aiaia?

2. What important task does Telemachus offer to do for Circe in Chapter 23?

3. What was Telemachus's relationship with Odysseus like before Odysseus died?

4. What animal does Circe transform the sailors into in Chapter 14?

5. Which god fell in love with Ariadne?

(see the answer key)

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