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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 Telegonus point out to Penelope that surprises Circe in Chapter 23?
(a) The plants and herbs that Circe did not know he had noted.
(b) The different cloud formations in the sky.
(c) The formations of the constellations in the clear night.
(d) The different kinds of lambs on the island.

2. What herb does Odysseus bring to Aiaia with him in Chapter 15?
(a) Thyme.
(b) Moly.
(c) Periwinkle.
(d) Castor.

3. Who is Daedalus's son?
(a) Paris.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Oedipus.

4. What does Odysseus ask Telemachus to do with the slave girls who had laid with the suitors?
(a) Send them to Crete.
(b) Teach them witchcraft.
(c) Kill them brutally.
(d) Turn them into goddesses.

5. What does Circe fear Telemachus has come to Aiaia to do?
(a) Steal her powers of witchcraft.
(b) Burn her house down.
(c) Kill all her animals.
(d) Avenge his father's death and kill Telegonus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Penelope's reason for wanting to come to Aiaia?

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

3. In Chapter 13, who comes to Circe to lift the curse they carry?

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

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

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