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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 Circe say when Hermes asks her if she will bear his child?
(a) Not unless he would help her break her exile.
(b) No, never.
(c) Not unless he would marry her.
(d) Yes, in ten years' time.

2. How long does Aeetes tell Circe he has had his powers?
(a) For several months.
(b) Since she taught them to him.
(c) Since he was a teenager.
(d) Since birth.

3. What does Circe's first divine visitor ask of her when he comes to Aiaia in Chapter 8?
(a) To eat from Circe's pantry because he is starving.
(b) To take shelter from Athena's wrath.
(c) To store Apollo's lyre there.
(d) To give Circe his son, who is in danger.

4. What is the reaction of the gods and nymphs who know Scylla after her transformation?
(a) They are devastated.
(b) They are gossipy and gleeful.
(c) They are suspicious.
(d) They are angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Athena's message for in Chapter 23?

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

3. How does Odysseus behave when he finally returns to Ithaca from the wars, according to Telemachus?

4. What does Circe's brother tell Helios about Circe's powers of witchcraft?

5. What chair of Circe's did Odysseus once like to sit in?

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