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

2. What is Circe's house on Aiaia like?
(a) It is well-stocked with food and fine furnishings.
(b) It is a windowless bungalow made of black obsidian.
(c) It is a rickety shack.
(d) It is a cave.

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

4. Who comes to Aiaia with a prophecy for Odysseus?
(a) Ares.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Helios.
(d) Apollo.

5. Who is the goddess of childbirth?
(a) Athena.
(b) Eileithyia.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Circe ask her grandmother Tethys to help the mortal fisherman she loves?

2. Who is killed on earth habitually for getting the movements of the sun wrong?

3. Who are the two main groups of opposing gods who maintain a fragile peace?

4. What is Telegonus most desperate to know about from Circe as he grows up?

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

(see the answer key)

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