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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. Who is Odysseus compelled by the gods to go visit in Chapter 17?
(a) Athena.
(b) Elpenor.
(c) Helios.
(d) Teiresias.

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

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

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

5. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?
(a) Stories about his own birth.
(b) Stories about Circe's life as a goddess.
(c) Stories about his father Odysseus.
(d) Stories about how Circe casts her spells.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kindness does Circe do for her uncle who is punished in Chapter 2?

2. Why are monsters a boon to gods?

3. How does Circe travel to Aiaia?

4. What does Helios do to Circe when she insists it was her power that changed Scylla?

5. What does Helios say when Circe confesses that it was she who transformed Scylla?

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