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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 Penelope ask Circe for so she can mourn for her husband?
(a) A ship of pigs to send to Ithaca.
(b) A tin of spiders.
(c) A black cloak.
(d) A special mourning song.

2. What creature does Pasiphae give birth to?
(a) The cyclops.
(b) The Loch Ness Monster.
(c) The kraken.
(d) The Minotaur.

3. What does Penelope seem to feel guilty about concerning her son Telemachus?
(a) She seems to feel guilty that she let Telemachus bear the brunt of Odysseus's rage without intervening.
(b) She seems to feel guilty that she let Odysseus die.
(c) She seems to feel guilty that she only had one son.
(d) She seems to feel guilty about the affair she had while Odysseus fought in the wars.

4. Who finally stops Odysseus's reign of terror on Ithaca?
(a) Circe.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Athena.
(d) Telegonus.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Circe nervous about Telegonus's journey to Ithaca?

2. What is Circe's greatest gift in her spells?

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

4. Who is Circe's first divine visitor to Aiaia?

5. Who comes back to Aiaia with Telegonus after he leaves Ithaca?

(see the answer key)

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